Dragonstar

by Barbara Hambly

Book Overview

The novels of New York Times bestselling author Barbara Hambly have broken new ground in the realm of fantasy. With a sweeping cast of characters whose powers are both awesome and heartachingly limited, the Dragon series is built around the touching relationship between a husband and wife separated by a flood of violence and chaos.

Condemned to die for consorting with demons, dragonslayer Lord John Aversin sits in a dank prison cell and calculates the odds of escape, while smelling the smoke of the executioners' pyres. In Winterlands, Jenny Waynest pays a heavy price for choosing to be human, mourning the loss of her husband, Lord John, and the dangers that engulf her family. But in a season of the Dragon Star, strange miracles are about to transpire.

As a pitched battle between the Hellspawn and the human rages, Jenny and John will be reunited in a city under siege. And there, they will have one last chance to understand all that has happened to them and why, who their true enemies and true allies are, and most of all, for what magical purpose each has been chosen.

A vast adventure and a powerful mystery teeming with demons and witches, gnomes and dragons, Dragonstar explores profound issues of faith, fate, and technology-while obscuring long held boundaries between good and evil, love and hate, what is human and what is fantastic. With this glorious finale to a breathtaking series, Barbara Hambly establishes herself as one of the most visionary and inventive storytellers in the field of fantasy fiction today.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0345441710
• ISBN13: 9780345441713
• Release Date: July 2003
• Publisher: Del Rey Books
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 0.42 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 4.2" x 6.8"

Customer Reviews

A Very Fitting Conclusion

Dragonstar is the fitting conclusion to one of Barbara Hambly's best series. The book does not stand alone. It did, however, inspire me to re-read the entire Dragon Series. (Dragonsbane, being one of the best fantasy books that I've ever read!) Dragon fans take note. This is a series which you will enjoy! As stated by Anne McCaffrey--"She writes darn good books!"

Excellent!

Dragonstar, the latest book in the Dragonsbane series, returns to the breezy, upbeat style that made Dragonsbane itself so readable (and the lack of which made Knight of the Demon Queen, the third book in this series, so UNreadable). While this novel cannot be said to stand on its own, it is an excellent conclusion to the series. Read it!

WOW!

The title pretty much sums up my feelings about DRAGONSTAR. A great read. I could not put it down. This is definately a series I will return and read again and again.If I have one complaint, it's the cover. Just isn't up to the beautiful and colorful Donata covers on the previous two volumes.Ignore the cover. Read the book. It's wonderful

Slow start, better finish

This book was harder to jump right into, after a long hiatus from the last book in the series, than previous Hambly novels. However, once you remembered enough, the plot's subtleties started to come through. Best of all, it is much less depressing in tone than the previous two without having a cloying, too happy ending.

Hambly At Her Best!

All of the things that make Barbara Hambly a classic are present in "Dragonstar": intricate characters that you root for, detailed background settings that suck you in, and an actual plot with enough twists and turns to keep you turning pages well into the night.This book is not the usual fantasy novel with so-so sword play and hum-drum magic. Read "Dragonstar" and discover what a truly fine author Barbara Hambly is.