- Mass Market Paperback: 464 pages
- Publisher: Baen; Reprint edition (Dec 28 2010)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1439134111
- ISBN-13: 978-1439134115
- Product Dimensions: 16.8 x 10.4 x 3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 363 g
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #261,326 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Product Description
Tasmarin is a place of dragons, a plane cut off from all other worlds, where dragons can be dragons and humans can be dinner. It’s a place of islands, forests, mountains and wild oceans, filled with magical denizens. Fionn—the black dragon—calmly tells anyone who will listen that he’s going to destroy the place. Of course he’s a joker, a troublemaker and a dragon of no fixed abode. No one ever believes him.
He’s dead serious.
Others strive to refresh the magics that built this place. To do so they need the combined magics of all the intelligent species, to renew the ancient balance and compact. There is just one problem. They need a human mage, and dragons systematically eliminated those centuries ago. Their augury has revealed that there is one, and they seek her desperately. Unfortunately, she’s fallen in with Fionn, who really doesn’t want them to succeed. He has his own reasons and dark designs.
The part he hadn’t worked out is that she will affect his plans too. Chaos, roguery, heroism, theft, love, kidnapping, magic and war follow. And more chaos.
“Dave Freer always delivers compelling, fast-moving and addictive fantasy adventures. Write more, Dave.”
—Garth Nix, New York Times best-selling author of the Abhorsen trilogy and The Keys to the Kingdom series
“Good characterization, ripsnorting action and an ingenious plot make this a feast for sword and sorcery fans.”
—Publishers Weekly (Starred Review) on Dave Freer’s A Mankind Witch
About the Author
Dave Freer is an ichthyologist turned author living on Flinders Island, in the middle of the Bass Strait (between Australia and Tasmania), with his wife and chief proof-reader, Barbara, four dogs and four cats, and two sons Paddy and James. His first book—The Forlorn (Baen)—came out in 1999. Since then he has co-authored with Eric Flint (Rats, Bats and Vats, The Rats, the Bats and the Ugly, Pyramid Scheme, and Pyramid Power) and, with Mercedes Lackey and Eric Flint (The Shadow of the Lion, This Rough Magic, The Wizard of Karres, Much Fall of Blood) as well as writing the solo novels A Mankind Witch and Dragon’s Ring, and various shorter works. Besides working as a fisheries scientist for the Western Cape
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5.0 out of 5 stars
A really interesting book,
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This review is from: Dragon's Ring (Mass Market Paperback)
I thought it was a very interesting book. I really liked how a dragon is the protagonist. The story was very fluid and well layed out. I found the humour great. Dave did a great job at building a reader's empathy for the female human protagonist. I would suggest this book to anyone who likes dragons and magic.
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5.0 out of 5 stars (10 customer reviews) 12 of 13 people found the following review helpful
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Dragon's Ring - Buy it,
By Tania Shipman - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Dragon's Ring (Hardcover)
Fionn and Meb are two of the most enjoyable characters I have read about in recent years.A dragon with a heart and a mage who is not suddenly all powerful after 'finding out the truth' are very different heroes. Fionn has been working for a long time to destroy Tasmarin whilst Meb was dragged into this plane when Fionn destroyed the first of the towers holding Tasmarin in place. They travel Tasmarin as Fionn plans the final destruction of Tasmarin and Dragon's Ring is a fascinating read. Meb is a very likeable character who changes from a young girl to a mature woman who is more then a match for Fionn. Fionn is a rogue who is honest about his intentions to destroy Tasmarin to all who ask but no one believes him. Along the way they gather favours from the many races who live in Tasmarin and finally connect them all together as Fionn prepares to destroy Tasmarin. Read Dragon's Ring to find out how good a story this is. Hopefully this will be only the first in a series about Fionn and Meb. 6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
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Not your typical dragon tale.,
By LaughingLion "I am Lion, read me review!" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Dragon's Ring (Hardcover)
Dave Freer always impresses me with his ability to find ways to twist common elements of SF/F and make them his own. I can't think of another author that could make a protagonist who is intent on bringing Armageddon a sympathetic, and entertaining character, certainly not with so few words spent in doing so. The story revolves around Fionn and Meb and we get to watch them learn a bit from each other as they go about getting Fionns plan to fall into place.Excellent read with characters, setting, and dialogue each stunningly simple and their own strength. 5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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Destroying the Universe,
By Pamela A. Uphoff - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: Dragon's Ring (Hardcover)
Fionn is low in the ranks of the dragons, but high in mischief, or in fact, down right skulduggery, not to mention that he is determined to destroy the universe.Mab is an orphaned girl, now missing her second family. The dragon that is responsible is going to pay for what he did. Pity she doesn't recognize him when she meets him. Or is it? A charming meeting of many species and conflicting desires, where it gets hard to tell the good guys from the bad guys, or is it that we can't tell good from bad? |
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