Dragon War

By Laurence Yep

Book Overview

Thorn's soul is trapped inside the dragon cauldron that is possessed by the evil, immortal Boneless King. Princess Shimmer, the wizard Monkey and Indigo go through many transformations to elude the King but can they defeat him and restore Thorn and the Inland Sea? Includes an author profile. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0064405257
• ISBN13: 9780064405256
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.51 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.1" x 7.6"
• Age Range: 13 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 8 and higher

Customer Reviews

Shimmer Fights the Final Battle -- a review by Vijay

In the final book of the Dragon Series by Laurence Yep, Shimmer, the dragon princess, and Monkey and Indigo fight the last battle against the Boneless King to save Shimmer?s home. The Boneless King, disguised as the butcher, has evil men who try to kill Shimmer and her friends.The bonless King?s allies are very powerful and Shimmer and Monkey and Indigo nearly die When Thorn, the human boy, gets his soul stuck inside the dragon...

Dragon War bookreview

There is an evil, boneless, and immortal king that of the powerful dragon cauldron with the soul of a powerless human soul. The soul of Thorn depends on a dragon princess, Shimmer. She is the last hope for Thorn's soul. Thorn is trapped inside an all out war on the dragonkind. The king(known as the "Boneless King") wants to use the cauldron for evil causes.First he wants to boil the seas. He is ready to also destroy the entire...

Great finish to the series!

Well, I have to say that this book finally pulled it off, it gave the entire series a fine and exciting closure with plenty of action, yet not losing its powerful sense of characters. The whole saga together combines fine mythology with a highly original sense of magic and plenty of action scenes balancing it all perfectly with the cast of characters. Anyway, in this final installment of the series, Monkey tells the tale...

Dragon War

Dragon War The companions have now been reduced to three, the dragon princess, Monkey, and Indigo. Together, they must outsmart the Boneless King and Shimmer's renegade brother, Pomfret, not to mention the faithful sidekick, Snowgoose. As hard as it may be, the companions must also win back the trust of Sambar, the dragon king, so united the dragons can all fight against the great evil. The companions must use the cauldron...

Amazing, satisfying conclusion to the fine series

Laurence Yep's conclusion to the Dragon of the Lost Sea is as fine as any of his previous books, most notably Dragon Steel. Mr. Yep has captured the restless, jesting spirit of the monkey and the pride of the dragon from the Chinese myths and put them into a delightful series. Our tale begins (or rather, continues) with the intrepid team of Monkey, the Dragon Princess Shimmer, and her companion Indigo on a quest to...