Spine of the Dragon
Wake the Dragon #1
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4.2 • 12 Ratings
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- $9.99
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- $9.99
Publisher Description
New York Times bestselling author Kevin J. Anderson triumphantly returns to epic fantasy with the Wake the Dragon series. Spine of the Dragon is a politically charged adventure of swords, sorcery, vengeance, and the rise of sleeping giants.
Two continents at war, the Three Kingdoms and Ishara, are divided by past bloodshed. When an outside threat arises—the reawakening of a powerful ancient race that wants to remake the world—the two warring nations must somehow set aside generational hatreds and form an alliance to fight their true enemy.
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PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Anderson (the Dan Shamble, Zombie P.I. series) smoothly tells a harrowing story of powerful magic and gritty battles on a world where the two continent-spanning empires, the Commonwealth and Ishara, are at war. The wreths, the long-vanished creators of the human race, return to wake a dangerous dragon and destroy the world that humans have built. The wreths had become no more than old stories; then the queen of the sandwreths appears after a sandstorm and asks to become allies with a human king, while another king finds everyone in his daughter's village killed by frostwreths. When a fiery explosion destroys a mountain range, it becomes evident that the legends of a dragon are also true. But when the leaders of the Commonwealth ask for peace with Ishara to fight the wreths together, they find that opposition from their own people may be the greatest danger. Scenes of rape and incest and mentions of pedophilia may be difficult for some readers. This epic fantasy takes readers on a sometimes brutal, often enthralling journey through marvelously detailed lands with intriguing characters, and Anderson does an impressive job of juggling numerous points of view and levels of story. Grimdark fantasy fans will find this an enticing series start.
Customer Reviews
Interesting world building with sub-par writing
I really love the way the author has created a world full of new ideas, lore, and inherent conflict. Unfortunately, he treats the reader like he can’t remember the simple motivations of the characters. YES, Utho, you don’t want peace with the Isharans. WE GET IT. I don’t need a reminder in every new paragraph. I think a good editor could streamline this into a much better book.
I just can’t get past the repetitive way the author hammers home each character’s inner thoughts.