Dragon Venom (Tor Fantasy)
After many years of peace in the Lands of Men, there came Dragon Weather: a wave of incredible heat, oppressive humidity, dark angry clouds . . . and dragons. Dragons with no remorse, no sympathy, no use for humans; dragons who destroyed an entire village and everyone in it. Everyone, that is,...
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After many years of peace in the Lands of Men, there came Dragon Weather: a wave of incredible heat, oppressive humidity, dark angry clouds . . . and dragons. Dragons with no remorse, no sympathy, no use for humans; dragons who destroyed an entire village and everyone in it. Everyone, that is, except the young boy Arlian. Orphaned and alone, Arlian was captured by looters and sold as a mining slave. He finally escaped, fueled by years of hatred and a personal vow to bring justice to all who had wronged him. After killing those who enslaved him, Arlian sought out The Dragon Society, whose sworn purpose was to stand against the dragon menace. It was there, among his peers, that Arlian discovered he is humanity's best hope for defeating the dragons . . . permanently.Now, Arlian seeks his final vengeance: death to all of dragonkind. But as he begins to destroy the evil beasts, wild magic seeps into the Lands of Men, sowing chaos and destruction in its wake. Will Arlian's all-consuming quest for justice consume humanity as well? The answer may lie within his ancient foe's most lethal weapon: Dragon Venom
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Format: mass market paperback
ISBN:
9780765341709 (0765341700)
ASIN: 0765341700
Publish date: 2004-11-01
Publisher: Tor Books
Pages no: 448
Edition language: English
Enjoyable series, just not my favorite.
I liked it.I did see the rebirth of the gods coming - to be honest, it was hard to see any OTHER way to work out that part of the plot - but that wasn't a disappointment. In fact, the more I thought about it, the more elegant it seemed. All in all, the book was a very satisfying ending to the trilog...