Dragon Prince

Year: 1988

Abstract:
Prince Rohan's father dies at the hand of a dragon, throwing the kingdom into Rohan's hands quite unexpectedly. His aunt, leader of the Sunrunners, has chosen a wife for him. The evil High Prince has decided to take things into his own hands. Rohan must balance his love for his kingdom, his love of his wife, and terrors of the high prince.

Advanced Mind
Exploration/Quest
Military/Fighting
Horror
Magic
Advanced Technology
Time Travel/Alternate History
Science
Aliens/Beasties
Contemporality

Other books in this series: Dragon Prince
The Star Scroll [1989]
Sunrunner's Fire [1990]

Spectre's Review
Good book. I really appreciated a lot of the detail, the world description, and the generation of many of the characters. I especially liked how some characters were killed, and I mourned for them. I loved the characters, and the author had them die because that was the most likely scenario. There wasn't a magical escape available. However, I found there to be some un-nameable literary element that made it dificult to read sometimes. It could very well have been a combination of the scenery, grammar, and word selection, but I can't put my finger on it. This detracted somewhat from my appreciation of the story.
This was a fun book, and I got into it pretty quickly. It was predictable, but comfortably predictable (events lead to something expected). This worked very nicely for the story line. This first book of the series got me interested in reading the rest of the series, so that should say something.
Date posted: 2001 07 23

Spectre's Rating
Minus one wizard for taking just a little too long. Minus one wizard for some undescribable element of the literary nature that made me feel moderately uncomfortable.

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