Master of Dragons (Dragonvarld Trilogy, Book 3)
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A divided Parliament of Dragons where division and self preservation incite war and threaten the order of the ages.
A hidden stronghold where insidious and outlaw dragons hatch a race bent on the subjugation of all mankind.
The ancient city of Seth and its mystical order of warrior priestesses who have the power to fight back against the attacks of dragons.
The twins Marcus and Ven must unlock the secrets of these places and their own powers and overcome their own personal differences as they prepare to clash in a war that may pit brother against brother and dragon against dragon to determine dominion of the world and the survival of the fittest.
Master of Dragons is the epic conclusion of Margaret Weis's triumphant Dragonvarld trilogy, an epic of politics, war, and the delicate balance of the ways of dragons and men.
I never cared in the slightness to even pick up a book and read it through How ever when I sat down and actually read the book "Mistress of Dragons" I was eclipsed and entranced the theis trilogy books. Margaret Weis Book make you want to read on and on. And the surprise in it was fantastic. I Wouldn't be surpised in the slight's if they decide to put her books in the big screen! I would buy them! lol. Theis books are my absalutly TOP favorit books to read. Im finding myself reading other books thanks to her Brilliant trilagy THANK YOU MAGARET WEIS!
lol,
Also when i received this book it was in great shape, as if it where right out of the shelf. and the dilvery of the book was very fast indeed!
Thank you very much!
Master of Dragons
The condition of the book and cover are excellent. Shipment was timely. A++ That's the review of the seller. I haven't read the book yet.
HN-Texas
2.5 stars. Half-baked.
Master of Dragons, the final book in Margaret Weis's Dragonvarld trilogy was a tasty but sloppy finale -- like a cheesecake that didn't quite set.
This last book wraps things up, as we knew it would, and everything is finally well in the world, as we knew it would be. There are some fine moments (Draconas showing tenderness to a female dragon, Ven finds a family, Marcus falls in love) and even some hilarious ones (Draconas darning socks, Evelina's ironic fate). Characterization, especially of the bad guys, continues to be a high point, and the writing is nothing brilliant, but certainly pleasant enough.
But this otherwise entertaining novel suffers from internal inconsistencies:
* On page 38, Draconas is said to wear "the guise of a human male in his thirties," and 5 pages later he is described as "a human male of undetermined years."
* Draconas has cast the illusion that he is a little girl while staying in DragonKeep. He is able to eavesdrop on adults because of his keen dragon hearing. But, later, we are told that as a little girl "his hearing was so reduced that it seemed his ears were stuffed with wax."
* Much of what Anora (Prime Minister of the dragon parliament) says to the parliament is illogical and none of the dragons ever notice. For example, she says she should have removed Draconas from his post as "walker" because he was starting to become emotionally involved with humans, but she didn't remove him because he was the best walker they'd ever had because he was able to stay detached from humans. Then she says that she became involved in Maristara and Grald's plot 200 years ago because humans had become such a threat (she cites their canons), but a few lines later she says that because their plot went awry, the humans created canons (a few years ago). Sometimes she indicates that the canons are a threat which, though they are no threat, show that humans are, for the first time in their history, preparing to fight dragons.
There also seem to be inconsistencies about dragon magic vs dragon blood, who can see through illusions and who can't, and to what extent thoughts can be shielded from others with dragon magic. These sorts of "rules" seem to be conveniently flexible. For example, one of the monks is able to see through illusions, yet he doesn't recognize Draconas?
Then there are the unbelievable elements. For example, Anora's betrayal just doesn't ring true -- it sounds like a forced plot twist. And, Anora says that to keep their plot secret from Draconas, they had to kill some good dragons (which she seems to regret) when, if they had just killed Draconas instead, everything would have been fine. And it didn't make sense to keep the plot from the dragon parliament if the purpose of it was to protect the dragons from the might-someday-be-threatening humans. It would have made immensely more sense, and been a lot less stressful, to just go to the parliament and say "hey, these humans want to kill us -- let's kill them first." That seems a lot easier and a lot more likely to be successful than to embark on a 200 year breeding program in order to try to figure out if they might someday rule the humans with half-human, half-dragon creatures and a pack of mad monks. (And let's not forget that the humans weren't even starting to threaten the dragons until AFTER the breeding program started.) (And let's not forget that Anora even says herself that the humans are not actually threatening yet -- they just might be in the future.) The whole thing just seems sloppy. Half-baked.
I listened to this on audiobook. The reader, a woman, did a great job with the female voices. At first I thought she was doing a great job with the male voices too, because her voice for Grald, the first male speaker, was excellent -- really slimy. Unfortunately, she used the same slimy voice for every male character in the entire book.
My overall opinion of this series: Unless you've just got a thing for dragons, I'd recommend choosing something better.
Weis, Fun, Sci-Fi
During the summer Months when I'm not in school, I look forward to Entertainment ýreading something that's Sci- Fi and action packed; I feel that Margaret Weis has done ýthis in her Dragonvarld Trilogy. She captivated me with Mistress of the Dragons and kept ýme with Dragon's Son, and left me wanting more similar reading with the last Master of ýthe Dragons. (She is a real entertainment break from regular graduate school work, lol)ý
Master of dragons
Third book in a highly recommended trilogy, enjoyed it very much, was shipped in a timely fashion
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- ISBN13: 9780765343925
- Notes: Label New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
Description
In Mistress of Dragons we were introduced to a world where political deception, greed, and avarice have lead to a violation of the “hands off” policy of the Parliament of Dragons concerning the affairs of men.
In The Dragon’s Son twins born out of violence and raised apart discover the secrets of their legacy and the plot to incite a war between dragons and men.
Now as the evidence of deceit, betrayal, and perdition is revealed to them, who will emerge as mankind's savior as the Master of Dragons?
In The Dragon’s Son twins born out of violence and raised apart discover the secrets of their legacy and the plot to incite a war between dragons and men.
Now as the evidence of deceit, betrayal, and perdition is revealed to them, who will emerge as mankind's savior as the Master of Dragons?
A divided Parliament of Dragons where division and self preservation incite war and threaten the order of the ages.
A hidden stronghold where insidious and outlaw dragons hatch a race bent on the subjugation of all mankind.
The ancient city of Seth and its mystical order of warrior priestesses who have the power to fight back against the attacks of dragons.
The twins Marcus and Ven must unlock the secrets of these places and their own powers and overcome their own personal differences as they prepare to clash in a war that may pit brother against brother and dragon against dragon to determine dominion of the world and the survival of the fittest.
Master of Dragons is the epic conclusion of Margaret Weis's triumphant Dragonvarld trilogy, an epic of politics, war, and the delicate balance of the ways of dragons and men.
Customer Reviews
Fantastic BOOKI never cared in the slightness to even pick up a book and read it through How ever when I sat down and actually read the book "Mistress of Dragons" I was eclipsed and entranced the theis trilogy books. Margaret Weis Book make you want to read on and on. And the surprise in it was fantastic. I Wouldn't be surpised in the slight's if they decide to put her books in the big screen! I would buy them! lol. Theis books are my absalutly TOP favorit books to read. Im finding myself reading other books thanks to her Brilliant trilagy THANK YOU MAGARET WEIS!
lol,
Also when i received this book it was in great shape, as if it where right out of the shelf. and the dilvery of the book was very fast indeed!
Thank you very much!
Master of Dragons
The condition of the book and cover are excellent. Shipment was timely. A++ That's the review of the seller. I haven't read the book yet.
HN-Texas
2.5 stars. Half-baked.
Master of Dragons, the final book in Margaret Weis's Dragonvarld trilogy was a tasty but sloppy finale -- like a cheesecake that didn't quite set.
This last book wraps things up, as we knew it would, and everything is finally well in the world, as we knew it would be. There are some fine moments (Draconas showing tenderness to a female dragon, Ven finds a family, Marcus falls in love) and even some hilarious ones (Draconas darning socks, Evelina's ironic fate). Characterization, especially of the bad guys, continues to be a high point, and the writing is nothing brilliant, but certainly pleasant enough.
But this otherwise entertaining novel suffers from internal inconsistencies:
* On page 38, Draconas is said to wear "the guise of a human male in his thirties," and 5 pages later he is described as "a human male of undetermined years."
* Draconas has cast the illusion that he is a little girl while staying in DragonKeep. He is able to eavesdrop on adults because of his keen dragon hearing. But, later, we are told that as a little girl "his hearing was so reduced that it seemed his ears were stuffed with wax."
* Much of what Anora (Prime Minister of the dragon parliament) says to the parliament is illogical and none of the dragons ever notice. For example, she says she should have removed Draconas from his post as "walker" because he was starting to become emotionally involved with humans, but she didn't remove him because he was the best walker they'd ever had because he was able to stay detached from humans. Then she says that she became involved in Maristara and Grald's plot 200 years ago because humans had become such a threat (she cites their canons), but a few lines later she says that because their plot went awry, the humans created canons (a few years ago). Sometimes she indicates that the canons are a threat which, though they are no threat, show that humans are, for the first time in their history, preparing to fight dragons.
There also seem to be inconsistencies about dragon magic vs dragon blood, who can see through illusions and who can't, and to what extent thoughts can be shielded from others with dragon magic. These sorts of "rules" seem to be conveniently flexible. For example, one of the monks is able to see through illusions, yet he doesn't recognize Draconas?
Then there are the unbelievable elements. For example, Anora's betrayal just doesn't ring true -- it sounds like a forced plot twist. And, Anora says that to keep their plot secret from Draconas, they had to kill some good dragons (which she seems to regret) when, if they had just killed Draconas instead, everything would have been fine. And it didn't make sense to keep the plot from the dragon parliament if the purpose of it was to protect the dragons from the might-someday-be-threatening humans. It would have made immensely more sense, and been a lot less stressful, to just go to the parliament and say "hey, these humans want to kill us -- let's kill them first." That seems a lot easier and a lot more likely to be successful than to embark on a 200 year breeding program in order to try to figure out if they might someday rule the humans with half-human, half-dragon creatures and a pack of mad monks. (And let's not forget that the humans weren't even starting to threaten the dragons until AFTER the breeding program started.) (And let's not forget that Anora even says herself that the humans are not actually threatening yet -- they just might be in the future.) The whole thing just seems sloppy. Half-baked.
I listened to this on audiobook. The reader, a woman, did a great job with the female voices. At first I thought she was doing a great job with the male voices too, because her voice for Grald, the first male speaker, was excellent -- really slimy. Unfortunately, she used the same slimy voice for every male character in the entire book.
My overall opinion of this series: Unless you've just got a thing for dragons, I'd recommend choosing something better.
Weis, Fun, Sci-Fi
During the summer Months when I'm not in school, I look forward to Entertainment ýreading something that's Sci- Fi and action packed; I feel that Margaret Weis has done ýthis in her Dragonvarld Trilogy. She captivated me with Mistress of the Dragons and kept ýme with Dragon's Son, and left me wanting more similar reading with the last Master of ýthe Dragons. (She is a real entertainment break from regular graduate school work, lol)ý
Master of dragons
Third book in a highly recommended trilogy, enjoyed it very much, was shipped in a timely fashion
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