Dragonmaster (Storm of Wings) - Softcover

Bunch, Chris

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0451460308 ISBN 13: 9780451460301

Publisher: Roc, 2005

Synopsis

Living a dangerous, hand-to-mouth existence, young runaway Hal Kailas is obsessed with his memories of bonding with a young dragon, an experience that could play a profound role in a war in which the ability of a few daring men to ride and control fearsome dragons could turn the tide of battle. Original.

About this title

About the Author:

Chris Bunch is now a full-time writer following a twenty-year career as a television writer. A military veteran, he is the bestselling author of such popular works as the Sten series, The Seer King, and The Demon King. He lives in Washington State, on the Columbia River.

From Publishers Weekly:

Following his Dragonmaster Trilogy (Last Battle, etc.), Bunch continues the story of Hal Kailis in this first installment of his latest series, which entertainingly injects a medieval, authoritarian fantasy world with air warfare. Hal, at a young age already a veteran vagabond, graduates from the thrill of an impromptu ride aboard a dragon and employment with a small dragon-ride air circus, to conscription with an army that's enlivened by sorcery. Bunch lays out the customary lengthy war scenes, and when the army assembles large groups of dragons, Hal is ready to ride. Though he hails from a common family, he rises quickly through the ranks with his natural talents. The author successfully weaves early twentieth century-style warfare into this fantasy world-with the slightest leap of imagination, the reader associates these screeching, twisting dragons with the fighter planes of the first world war. As pilot, Hal lacks only the dangling flaps of a goggled helmet. In this endless war, dragons battle, riders fall and Hal becomes a flying ace. Military SF and fantasy fans will relish the action-packed plot and Hal's derring-do.
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About this edition

• Publisher: Roc
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0451460308
• ISBN 13: 9780451460301
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 416