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The Dragon Throne (The Four Kingdoms Book 1) (English Edition) eBook Kindle
‘You have only one part of the Summoning Ring,’ said the dragon to Fianna. ‘And neither the knowledge nor the strength to use it even if it were complete.’
Fianna is the only child of King Stannard and Queen Fiona, and has always expected to become the next Keeper of the Dragon Throne. She exiles herself from the court when her father decides to take a second wife. Recalled to Secondus castle after Stannard’s death, she has to contend with the split loyalties among the royal knights. In desperation, she agrees to summon the dragons to support her claim to the throne. Their challenge sends her to meet them in their Sacred Mountains.
In the woods of the unicorn herd, the Prancer loses his milk-brother to an attack by a dragon. He travels across the human kingdoms to seek the killer, discovering the complexities of human relationships and the delights of ale along the way.
They meet at the Sacred Mountains. And so begins a story of love, friendship — and betrayal.
- IdiomaInglês
- Data da publicação14 agosto 2015
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- ASIN : B013YOBSJU
- Idioma : Inglês
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Jim CleavelandAvaliado nos Estados Unidos em 7 de dezembro de 2015
4,0 de 5 estrelas Of Humans, Unicorns, and Dragons
I've long been a fan of Chrys Cymri's previous two books, Dragons Can Only Rust and Dragon Reforged, so I was very pleased to check out this first book of her new duology.
The Land is divided into four kingdoms. The First Kingdom is a land of unicorns, guardians of truth; the Second that of dragons, beings of outward appearance and illusion; and the Third and Fourth are human lands, each owing fealty to one of the aforementioned. Beneath the feet of all, "the Land" itself is a living thing and the source of all magic in their world.
While still a child, Princess Fianna of the Fourth Kingdom runs away when her widowed father the king remarries, taking shelter with her estranged (and politically ambitious) aunt in the countryside. Her only friend there is the young pig-herder Deian, born with a strong connection to the Land and telepathy with its animals. Years pass, and as the now-teenaged Fianna settles into a rustic life and grows closer to Deian, word arrives suddenly that her father is dead and his widow pregnant. Fianna's aunt has raised her to covet the throne above all else, so she returns to solidify her claim; even while refusing to admit to herself that she's uncertain she wants it.
In the First Kingdom of the unicorns, the son of the lead stallion is the Prancer -- so called because he was born with the markings of both a Dancer and a Painter (in human parlance, a judge and a healer), leaving his future in either role uncertain. When his adoptive brother Storm is killed defending him from a dragon, he swears to track it down to retrieve the portion of Storm's horn embedded in its eye. This quest takes him through both human kingdoms.
I always appreciate a well-done depiction of a nonhumanoid society, and I particularly liked the story's depiction of an intelligent animal interacting with humans who never dispute that he is a civilized being. Indeed, because of the unicorns' magical abilities and invulnerability to mundane weapons, humans of the Third Kingdom regard them with awe, while those of the Fourth see them as enemies of their draconic patrons.
Fianna is a well-rounded depiction of someone who is clearly intelligent but not yet wise, and I like that so many issues are presented from her point of view without the author immediately stepping forward to indicate that she is wrong about something; her reaction to her father's remarriage is understandable for a child, and we initially see it entirely through her eyes -- and unfortunately for Fianna, she runs directly to her aunt, the one person who would actively encourage that viewpoint for her own ends. By mid-book, Fianna has put herself in a position where she can trust scarcely anyone around her -- until she crosses paths with the Prancer, prince of an enemy kingdom, and the two strike up a comradery, though one based in Fianna's part on false pretenses.
Looming over all is the fact that the Land's magical power is slowly dying. The only one with an inkling of why is the Third Kingdom's misanthropic King Anton, who has dedicated himself to studying and repairing strange mechanical artifacts from before the founding of the Four Kingdoms -- a time when legend says the three races were new to this world.
The most interesting thing about the dragons is that they appear to have the ability to casually travel through time at will, though they are restricted in what use they can make of this ability. No doubt this will be expanded upon in the sequel.
This is the first book in a duology, and I look forward to starting the second volume, The Unicorn Throne.
I expect fans of Anne McCaffery's Pern series would greatly enjoy this.
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LMSAvaliado nos Estados Unidos em 10 de setembro de 2019
5,0 de 5 estrelas Delightful, fresh, well-developed characters in interesting relationships
Beautiful melding of the mundane and the mystical in this fascinating story. I loved, loved, loved the depiction of the Unicorns, the People of the Trees, and their society with its energetic connection to the Land and all on it. I greatly enjoyed the individuality of the coming-of-age unicorn, the Prancer, and his discoveries about humans, which are surprising to him and humorous to us. Prancer travels into a believable human, medevial-type world with a very realistic, teenage heroine, Princess Fianna, who struggles to make her place in her world. Deian, the young pig herder who befriends Fianna and comes to love her, is as attuned to the land as the Prancer, and as ethical in his choices. The enormous dragons are powerful, proud time-travelers who require the humans bound to them to meet their expectations to the letter, as Fianna discovers in her quest for the Dragon throne. Add to this mix the King of the Unicorn throne who cares nothing for unicorns and magic and everything about his own power. This is a wonderful story that absorbed me immediately with its many strands and set the stage for more challenges, adventures and intrigues in the world of the Four Kingdoms.
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jacquiAvaliado no Reino Unido em 18 de outubro de 2017
5,0 de 5 estrelas a good read that really draws you in so that you ...
I am really enjoying this authors work, a good read that really draws you in so that you want to keep reading, then they twist the story away from where you thought it was going
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Barbara J. MitchellAvaliado nos Estados Unidos em 30 de maio de 2021
4,0 de 5 estrelas Enjoyable!
Enjoyable story—ends too soon!! The characters are varied..and who doesn’t like dragons and unicorns??!! If you do, enjoy this and the intrigue within!