Dragon in Exile (Liaden Universe®)
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| Rating | : | 4.26 (635 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1476781672 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 544 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-01-24 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
About the Author Maine-based writers Sharon Lee and Steve Miller teamed up in the late 1980s to bring the world the story of Kinzel, a inept wizard with a love of cats, a thirst for justice and a staff of true power. Sharon, less adventurous, has been an advertising copywriter, copy editor on night-side news at a small city newspaper, reporter, photographer and book reviewer. . Steve and Sharon maintain a web presence at korval/. Sharon and Steve passionately believe that reading fiction ought to be fun, and that stories are entertainment. Before settling down to the serene and stable life of a science fiction and fantasy writer, Steve was a traveling poet, a rock band reviewer, reporter and editor of a string of community newspapers. Since then, the husband-and-wife have written dozens
The clan’s efforts to stealthily recruit new allies is going haywire, and a secret death toll is rising even as the clan’s adherents endure increasing exposure to danger and deceit off-world. Over a half million Liaden Universe® books sold with an audience that keeps growing!Star-trading Clan Korval—known to Terrans as the Tree-and-Dragon Family and to the locals simply as "the Dragon"—has been convicted of crimes against the homeworld. Now relocated to the free-for-all world of Surebleak, the Dragon is under contract to keep the Port Road open to all traffic, and to back the New Bosses in imposing law and order on a society originally based on larceny and assassination. #18in the popular and exciting science fiction Liaden Universe®. I rarely rave on and on about stories, but I am devoted
A home from home? There are two main ongoing strands here, and several minor ones, but the new reader is catered for by a slightly greater than usual amount of backstory, inserted where appropriate. Yes, this is a planet-hopping soap opera, but so what - Dickens has as large a cast and the issues, though clothed in Sfnal garb, are no less important.How do the dragons - clan Korval entire, and the lone dragon Rhys - adjust to their "exile" on Sureb. "It's a wonderful read which left me champing at the bit for" according to Linkmeister. If my reading is correct, this book continues the description of Korval's assimilation into its new planetary home of Surebleak following Necessity's Child. As such, it's got no space battles, but it's got smaller conflicts on the planet's surface, along with new alliances with the Kompani, a different group from those the Bosses have been ruling. It provided more info about one of the saga's principal character's most recent wif. The book was an excellent addition to Steve Miller and Sharon Lee's Liaden Universe Amazon Customer The book was an excellent addition to Steve Miller and Sharon Lee's Liaden Universe saga. The writing was high quality and very descriptive. The characters and the action were realistic and true to life even in the science fiction setting. The book is in a series and I would suggest starting with 'Agent of Change' to fully appreciate 'Dragon in Exile'. I would recommend the book to any one who enjoys space opera.
Sharon and Steve passionately believe that reading fiction ought to be fun, and that stories are entertainment. Before settling down to the serene and stable life of a science fiction and fantasy writer, Steve was a traveling poet, a rock band reviewer, reporter and editor of a string of community newspapers. Both credit their newspaper experiences with teaching them the finer points