The Dragon Quintet - Softcover

Card, Orson Scott; Lee, Tanith; Swanwick, Michael; Moon, Elizabeth; Lackey, Mercedes

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0765349116 ISBN 13: 9780765349118

Publisher: Tor Fantasy, 2006

Synopsis

Brand-new contributions to the hoard of dragon lore by five top fantasy authors.

Orson Scott Card's "In the Dragon's House" is a gothic yarn about the mysterious dragon that lives in the wiring of an old house, noticed by a young boy who shares its body in dreams and feels its true size and power.

Mercedes Lackey's "Joust" tells the story of a slave boy who is chosen to care for a warrior's dragon--a dragon whose secrets may be the key to his freedom.

Tanith Lee's "Love in a Time of Dragons" is a fable is imbued with her signature atmosphere--Old World, moody, erotic--as a kitchen maid goes a-questing with a handsome champion to slay the local drakkor.

Elizabeth Moon's "Judgment" tells the tale of a young man forced by lies to flee his village . . . into an adventure of dwarfs and dragonspawn.

Michael Swanwick's "King Dragon" invokes a truly sinister and repellent creature--a being with the soul of a beast and the body of a machine--part metal, part devil . . . all merciless.

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About the Author

Orson Scott Card is the author of the science fiction classic Ender's Game, as well as dozens of other bestselling novels. He lives in Greensboro, North Carolina. Mercedes Lackey is the author of the bestselling Heralds of Valdemar series and many other works of fantasy. She lives in Oklahoma. Tanith Lee has written many books for children and adults, including Tales from the Flat Earth, as well as nearly two hundred short stories. She lives in England. Elizabeth Moon is a native Texan and the author of books including Kings of the North and Oath of Fealty. She lives in Florence, Texas. Michael Swanwick is the multiple award winning author of Stations of the Tide. He lives in Pennsylvania. Marvin Kaye is the author and editor of more than forty books. He lives in New York City.

From Publishers Weekly

There be dragons of all spots and stripes in this solid anthology from editor Kaye (The Vampire Sextette), showcasing original fantasy novellas by five of the biggest names in the genre. In Orson Scott Card's uneven "In the Dragon's House," a Bradburyesque gingerbread gothic, a lonely orphan named Michael discovers a magical but somewhat sinister "dragon" in the old mansion he lives in with other disenfranchised children. Elizabeth Moon's "Judgment" is a wise, Tolkien-toned piece, complete with dwarves and stolen eggs that contain powerful "pretties" capable of turning villagers into dragons. Tanith Lee's gorgeous "Love in a Time of Dragons," the volume's single erotic entry, tells the tale of an abused servant who falls in love with a dragon ring. The most satisfying of the lot is Mercedes Lackey's "Joust," which she later expanded to a novel by the same name. The determination of Vetch, Lackey's serf turned dragon-boy, to escape from a war-torn land echoes the theme of Michael Swanwick's more sophisticated but extremely dark "King Dragon." Swanwick delivers the most chilling dragon, a warship with a monster's mind who tries to enslave Will, another boy transformed by revolution. Kaye obligingly recommends a range of dragon-related novels, films and Web sites in his afterword.
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About this edition

• Publisher: Tor Fantasy
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0765349116
• ISBN 13: 9780765349118
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 304
• Editor: Kaye Marvin