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New York Times bestselling author Robert Asprin and Jody Lynn Nye up the ante in the latest tale of dragons in the Big Easy!
As head dragon and owner of a successful gambling operation in New Orleans, Griffen McCandles has a lot on his plate. Especially since the Krewe of Fafnir-a society of dragons-has asked him to be the king of their Mardi Gras parade. Being the king is a huge honor, and despite the extra responsibilities, Griffen can't resist the Krewe's offer to lead the biggest party of the year.
But not everyone is happy with Griffen's new leadership status. A group of powerful dragons is out to bankrupt his business, from the inside out. And when a young dragon in Griffen's employ is murdered, it becomes clear that certain dragons will stop at nothing to dethrone the new king...
As head dragon and owner of a successful gambling operation in New Orleans, Griffen McCandles has a lot on his plate. Especially since the Krewe of Fafnir-a society of dragons-has asked him to be the king of their Mardi Gras parade. Being the king is a huge honor, and despite the extra responsibilities, Griffen can't resist the Krewe's offer to lead the biggest party of the year.
But not everyone is happy with Griffen's new leadership status. A group of powerful dragons is out to bankrupt his business, from the inside out. And when a young dragon in Griffen's employ is murdered, it becomes clear that certain dragons will stop at nothing to dethrone the new king...
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About the Author
Robert (Lynn) Asprin was born in 1946. While he has written some stand alone novels such as Cold Cash War, Tambu, The Bug Wars and also the Duncan and Mallory Illustrated stories, Bob is best known for his series: The Myth Adventures of Aahz and Skeeve; the Phule novels; and, more recently, the Time Scout novels written with Linda Evans. He also edited the groundbreaking Thieves World anthologies with Lynn Abbey. His most recent collaboration is License Invoked written with Jody Lynn Nye. It is set in the French Quarter, New Orleans where he currently lives.
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3.5 out of 5 stars (11 customer reviews)
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Very good series, Feb 11 2011
By Bert - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: Dragons Deal (Paperback)
It is hard to go wrong with this series. The characters are constantly evolving, story is well written, and the plot is somewhat lighthearted.This book takes place right after the last one. Mardi Gras is coming and Griffon gets pulled into it with the resurrection of a dragon only float. Easter Dragons play a bit more of a part this this one as well as some Dragons from the first couple books. Not really a complex plot but its well rounded. Really interested in seeing just where this series is going.
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars
Unfortunate, May 15 2011
By Shazam - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Dragons Deal (Paperback)
The third book in Robert Aspirin's Dragon series. It was completed by regular collaborator Jody Lynn Nye. Ms Nye worked with Mr. Aspirin on a number of his MYTH series books so is familiar with the author's style.The Dragon series was a wonderful return to Mr. Aspirin's writing style. There were many elements it shared with the early Myth books in fact. The inexperienced and often in over his head protagonist who attracts a bevy of highly capable compatriots while somehow ending up in a position of leadership. In this case, he has more talent of his own but its still a familiar theme for fans of Mr. Aspirin's early works.
In recent decades, most of Mr. Aspirin's works had been co-written with, many people would say primarily written by, other authors. This was due possibly to financial issues, but also to a very long and noted writers block. What made the first two books so wonderful is they were written by Mr. Aspirin alone, the first such books in many years.
The third book was released after his death. Its unclear how much of the book was completed prior to his death, but there are numerous ways the third book fails to follow the first two. First, the characterizations of some of the characters of the book aren't consistent with the earlier two books. In one case, his assistant Jerome, is said to only now be forgiving having been passed over for leadership by the protagonist. In the first two books there was never such tension, in fact Jerome was core to recruiting the protagonist and was clear he was excited to throw in his lot and ride his coat tails given perceived future opportunities. Similarly, the asian girlfriend who returns to the protagonist did so in part bringing a secret offer of allegiance from the younger generation of Asian dragons, while pretending to still serve the elder Asian dragons. In the third book, this subplot is apparently completely forgotten and she's serving the elders only.
There are other examples, but generally it feels like the book perhaps had a general storyline, and Ms Nye scanned over the earlier two books without paying that much attention to them and tried to write a book around that storyline. It no longer feels like Mr. Aspirin's prose and the characters don't really feel quite like his characters. As a book in its own right its a fun read and I would have scored it higher, but as the final book in Mr. Aspirin's last hurrah as a solo author before his untimely demise, it probably shouldn't have been written.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
dragons den, Mar 13 2011
By oshirenshi - Published on Amazon.com
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It is not the same with the death of Robert Aspirin, but Miss Jody does the series justice. The only thing I can complain about is the loss of a legend. I am grateful he handed the series off to someone he found capable.
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