The Elvenbane

by Andre Norton, Mercedes Lackey, Mercedes Norton, Andre; Lackey

Book Overview

Two masters of epic fantasy have combined in this brilliant collaboration to create a rousing tale of the sort that becomes an instant favorite. This is the story of Shana, a halfbreed born of the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312851065
• ISBN13: 9780312851064
• Release Date: January 1991
• Publisher: Tor Books
• Length: 390 Pages
• Weight: 1.17 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.4" x 9.5"

Customer Reviews

She got me!

She got me with the male pen name. Her co-writer Mercedes was clearly just there to flip through the thesaurus, diligently lambasting each quotidian sentence, metamorphosing them into something more sophisticated. Unreadable.

one of my favorite series

anyone who loves fantasy, will enjoy these books. the action is constant, characters are believable, fun take on magic and dragons. different look at elves and their place in the shape of the alternate world. i wish the authors would have put in print the fourth and final book, Elevnbred. the story needs the ending of all the character's involved throughout the series. All in all, fantastic books

A Wonderful Fantasy Adventure

In The Elven Bane, Shana (Lashana) is born to a human of an elf lord in a time when people are considered slaves and elves rule all. Shana's mother dies out on the desert and a wandering dragon who is about to have a baby finds her and helps her give birth in the guise of a nurse woman near a place of refuge. Alara (the dragon who helps to birth Shana) takes the newborn human child and raises her with her own son Keman. Shana is Keman's "pet" but instead of being treated as an animal a marvelous relation forms between them.A great book for me and others I would highly recomend The Elven Bane to all readers whither they like fantasy or not (its a great opening book to those who don't know what to read next).

AWESOME!

I read this book last year and could NOT put it down...Literally. I'd go to classes in school and constantly get it taken away for reading it in class! For some reason, it took me a long while to read this book. But after I did, I was so happy with it that it wasn't even funny. I wanted to read it over and over again. I think this book was very excellent and made me wish I was Shana, the girl with a telekenesis-type power. Shana was the daughter of a concubine of Lord Dyran, who was an elven Lord. He got the concubine pregnate and, since the child would be a forbidden half-blood, the concubine ran away. She got stranded in the desert and a "shiftshaper" dragon came across her as the concubine was giving birth to the half-blood child. The woman giving birth dies and the dragon, Alara, takes in the child to raise it with her own. The half-blood is raised by dragons and creates a controversey within the dragon's lair upon raising a "human" with none other than it's own. A lot happens from there on. It is too odd & difficult for me to explain. Therefor, I'll leave it up to all of you to be smart and read the book.;)

A new twist on something common

Having a great love of both Elf and Dragon stories this book and its sequel were refreshing and new to me. The details put forth were wonderful and still stick with me today. The small but important points that the authors carried from one book to the other makes this book all the more enjoyable. Do not pass up on the chance to read Elevnbane and its sequal Elvenblood!

This has to be one of the best books I have ever read

This book is absoulutly amazing! For anyone who likes magic and dragons, this is definatly the book for you. Basically, the story is about these elves that have taken over a human world. The elves have magic but the humans don't so the elves rule over everyone. As time passes, there are human and elf couples who have children creating a half-breed of humans that do have magic and can fight back. You may ask where the dragons fit in. Well, the dragons remain in hiding because of their fear of being hunted but since they can shape shift, they often go and stir up trouble in the elven community. Anyone will love this book because it contains everything a good book should.

One of the greatest...

One of the greatest books ever written! I found this book very hard to put donw. So hard to put down that I finished reading it in 4 days!! I hope there is a sequel. I love the way that the dragons are good and have more powers than just mind reading. In this fasanating book, everything the seems normal is turned around. Excellent reading!!