Dragon's Winter

Elizabeth A. Lynn

Apr 2014 · Dragon Book 1 · Open Road Media

About this ebook

An “utterly engrossing” novel of shapeshifting, sorcery, and two brothers at war by a World Fantasy Award–winning author (Publishers Weekly).

Born to the shape-shifting dragon king of Ippa, twin brothers Karadur and Tenjiro share an ancestry, but not a bloodline. Only Karadur carries dragon blood, destined to one day become a dragon and rule the kingdom. In an act of jealous betrayal, Tenjiro steals the talisman that would allow Karadur to take his true dragon form and flees to a distant, icy realm. Now, years later, Tenjiro has reappeared as the evil sorcerer Ankoku. His frozen stronghold threatens to destroy Dragon Keep, and Karadur must lead his shape-shifting warriors on a journey to defeat his brother and reclaim his destiny.

With Dragon’s Winter, World Fantasy Award–winning author Elizabeth A. Lynn returns with the kind of richly drawn characters and intricate worlds her fans, both old and new, will love.

Ratings and reviews

A bit interesting, but the author never moves away from a rather impersonal storytelling. The characters don't seem to have any thoughts of their own to give the reader; simply actions to follow. Deaths take place with little to no buildup, and give very little emotional impact, because there is simply no rapport between the character and the reader. Most of the time while I was reading it, I felt like I was missing out on minor details; you are given no time to appreciate the world in which these characters live. I had to drop the book about half-way through. I simply don't care enough about the story. There is nothing to pull me forward.

I enjoyed the book. I always appreciate when authors are realistic and main characters don't always make it.

Good read

About the author

Elizabeth A. Lynn won two World Fantasy Awards in one year, for her novel Watchtower and the short story “The Woman Who Loved the Moon.” She is also the author of The Dancers of Arun, The Northern Girl, A Different Light, The Sardonyx Net, Dragon’s Winter, Dragon’s Treasure, and the short fiction collection The Woman Who Loved the Moon and Other Stories. She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area and teaches martial arts.