The Dragon Waiting
by:
John M. Ford (author)
Format: paperback
Publish date: May 9th 2002
Publisher: Gollancz
Pages no: 368
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Adventure,
Science Fiction Fantasy,
Paranormal,
Science Fiction,
Historical Fiction,
Speculative Fiction,
Horror,
Alternate History,
Mythology,
Arthurian,
Vampires
This book is set in an alternate 15th Century Europe where a pagan Byzantine Empire dominates Europe and Christianity is a minor religion. Except for a rump buffer state, France has been carved up between England and the Byzantines. The empire is infiltrating the Italian city states and is now plott...
It's not often these days I have to put down a book unfinished and I don't like to, usually preferring to push on to the end to see if it can be redeemed. But this time it just seemed pointless, I really couldn't engage with the story and follow the intricacies of the plot.I'm not quite sure what ex...
Wavered between 4 and 5 stars. I think this would benefit from a closer, more academic read than I could manage to give it at this time. I'm still pondering the meaning of some of what happened, because the author certainly didn't make it easy for the reader. Things were alluded to, dialogue needed ...
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