Book eleven of the celebrated Deverry series, an epic fantasy rooted in Celtic mythology that intricately interweaves human and elven history over several hundred years.
The Fire Dragon tells two separate stories: one set in the “present�? of 1117, and one set in the past, the era of the Civil Wars. In the present, Raena’s trouble-making in Cerr Cawnen leads to terrible death and destruction but may ultimately succeed in offering the final working-out of Rhodry’s Wyrd. In the past, Nevyn and Lilli attempt to solve the riddle of the curse tablet, but the price will be high.
In this, the eleventh volume in the Deverry cycle and third of the Dragon Mage series, storylines begun in Dawnspell: The Bristling Wood, A Time of Exile and The Black Raven – both the ‘present’ of 1117 and the past – will reach their triumphant and spellbinding conclusion. But there will be more Deverry books to unravel the situation that climaxes The Fire Dragon…
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From Library Journal
The true ending of the tragic tale of Prince Maryn's ill-fated love for a woman touched by magic comes to pass over two centuries later in the rivalry between Rhodry Maelwaedd and the sorceress Raena. As the fate of the Westfolk hangs in the balance, the workings of fate repeat an ageless cycle of love and betrayal. Kerr's multivolume Deverry saga reaches a turning point in this conclusion to the story begun in The Red Wyvern (LJ 11/15/97) and continued in The Black Raven (LJ 11/15/99). Purchase where the series has a following.
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Book eleven of the celebrated Deverry series, an epic fantasy rooted in Celtic mythology that intricately interweaves human and elven history over several hundred years.
The Fire Dragon tells two separate stories: one set in the “present�? of 1117, and one set in the past, the era of the Civil Wars. In the present, Raena’s trouble-making in Cerr Cawnen leads to terrible death and destruction but may ultimately succeed in offering the final working-out of Rhodry’s Wyrd. In the past, Nevyn and Lilli attempt to solve the riddle of the curse tablet, but the price will be high.
In this, the eleventh volume in the Deverry cycle and third of the Dragon Mage series, storylines begun in Dawnspell: The Bristling Wood, A Time of Exile and The Black Raven – both the ‘present’ of 1117 and the past – will reach their triumphant and spellbinding conclusion. But there will be more Deverry books to unravel the situation that climaxes The Fire Dragon…
**
From Library Journal
The true ending of the tragic tale of Prince Maryn's ill-fated love for a woman touched by magic comes to pass over two centuries later in the rivalry between Rhodry Maelwaedd and the sorceress Raena. As the fate of the Westfolk hangs in the balance, the workings of fate repeat an ageless cycle of love and betrayal. Kerr's multivolume Deverry saga reaches a turning point in this conclusion to the story begun in The Red Wyvern (LJ 11/15/97) and continued in The Black Raven (LJ 11/15/99). Purchase where the series has a following.
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Booklist
The latest in Kerr's outstanding Deverry saga picks up its two major story lines where The Black Raven (1999) left them. We learn the fate of Branoic, Lillorigga, and Bellyra at the end of the civil wars and glean some indication of the effect of the curse tablet that first turned up in The Bristling Wood (1989). We also follow the adventures of many souls who are reborn two centuries later in Caer Cawnen, the free city of the North. The Westfolk, guided by Dallandra and guarded by Rhodry and the dragon Arzosah, bring young Jahdo home. But the city also hosts opposing bands of the Horsekin, both of which want Caer Cawnen as an ally in upcoming wars. Raena, still fervently believing in the goddess Alshandra and hating Rhodry, plots as she did in previous incarnations. Roland Green
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