The Eyes of the Dragon

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Summary: The best in romatic fantasy as written by Stephen King!
Review: Two princes. One father. One is the ideal king: just; kind; merciful. The other is the ideal tool for a mad wizzard. Who will be king? The battle for the throne thrashes about in a seemingly random pattern as King weaves this story along. From plight to power and from blissful ignorance to shocking revelation. King brings it to you with the energy that only he could write

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Summary: a story book from the master of horror
Review: This book is a wonderful childrens story, unlike the popular belief that all Stephen King writes is horror is false. This story of a father and son is a wonderful peace of writing. The story line is well writen and it exceptable for people of all ages. The book was full of amagnation, and I didn't want to put it down. the plot was full of imegry and wasa wonderful adventure through a land that no one has herd of before. This will one day have more credit given to this masterpeace

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Summary: Excellent engulfing book
Review: I couldn't stop reading this book once I started. The imagination of Stephen King is vividly portrayed in one of the best fantasy books I've ever read.

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Summary: A mysterious and different book from King.
Review: This book will captivate you from the first to the last page. Stephen King has put all his creative powers into the development of the story to give a reading experience full of twists and suspense. You will not be able to predict the outcome of this book. The characters are fascinating and you will become involved in their deperate plight.

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Summary: Dragon blood & Napkins = King Magic
Review: Where is the real center of power in a kingdom to be passed down to a dead king's son? Flagg plays with political and personal pawns through generations of the royal family. But there is a legacy of kindness that prince Peter, imprissioned for life in a tower, benfits from. Secrets in the throne may be revealed to the eyes of the dragon, but reader's of this book also see secrets of Steven King's Dark Tower villian. Fine line illustrations so captured my son's interest, we turned this into a "Whatchareadin'?" storytime when he was too small to read. I told the story in the same time it would have taken to watch a feature film, and he never wanted to "stop and finish later."

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Summary: Prepare to be captivated!
Review: In the prosperous kingdom of Delaine, everyone knows that old King Roland's days are numbered, and soon his clever, kind and just son Peter will inherit the throne, but not if Flagg, the king's magician has anything to do with it... suddenly the king is murdered, and the Peter is convicted and jailed for life! Now Flagg has only the late king's younger, weaker son Thomas to deal with before he can plunge Delaine into a civil war which could last for centuries, or much, much longer... Can Peter escape before the impressionable Thomas allows Flagg to completely destroy the kingdom? And how will he prove his innocence once he does escape? As far as Flagg knows, Peter doesn't have a chance of being acquited, but there are some things even Flagg doesn't know... someone else knows the truth of the king's murder... someone who looked thru the eyes of the dragon...

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Summary: fantasy from king
Review: I have read a lot of fantasy in my life. I think that this book stands as one of the best single volume fantasy tales written, and that fact that it is nothing like anything else King wrote (which I have also read a lot of) makes it even more of a treat. If you are a fantasy fan, you owe it to yourself to read this book and rejoice at the fact that when it is done, you do not have 10 more volumes to read.

If you are a King fan, then this is where things get interesting. This IS NOT anything like the Stand, It, Salem's Lot, or any of the other books that got you to first start reading King. This is a book about knights, wizards, scheming magicians. Give it a try. If you like it (which you will), move on to Martin's Song of Fire and Ice.

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Summary: Enjoyable, but requires patience
Review: Most folks praise or complain about this book because it's a more "normal" fantasy than King would normally write. I don't think that's entirely true. The narrative voice is a lot of fun, and I imagine a rather gruff lackluster storyteller behind the whole thing. To me, that was a lot of the attraction of the whole thing.

The story does move slowly, and I certainly found myself ploughing through the second half of the book at a happier clip than the first half. The characters were still well developed, in keeping with a strong ability, even though the story wasn't quite as compelling as others I've read. However, as fairytales to tell children go, I liked this a whole bunch. The chapters are short enough that you could give a three chapter a night dose easily and keep the book going for a long time with an interested kid. The edition I have has rather lackluster illustrations, but otherwise i thought it was a neat venture.

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Summary: Conflicts After Conflicts
Review: This was the first fantasy book that I have read and it was better than i expected. This book had many conflicts, and the main conflict was Man vs. Man. The conflicts were mainly part of the family within the story, such as Thomas' hatred for his big brother's (Peter) accomplishments and the love his father has for Peter instead of him. Another kind of conflict is Man vs. Himself. This is shown when Thomas is fighting with his inter demons thoughout the story. These many conflicts kept me reading the book, but so did the main story.
The main story is that King Roland,the father of both Thomas and Peter, has not had a child yet after many years in regin,so his evil assitant Flagg arranges women of the land to come to the castle, so the king can make love to one of the lady. He makes his choice and ends up choosing his future wife. They end up having two children together; Peter the handsome, strong, and future king, and Thomas who was more like his father weak, fragile, and shy. Well many years past and Roland is getting weary so that means Peter is soon to be king, but Flagg does not want that. So Flagg devises a plan to kill the king and blame it all on Peter. So as the story goes on so does the plan and Peter gets sent to jail for it and Thomas becomes king for it.
After all of this happens the remainder of the story mostly takes place with the protagonist Peter and how he must escape, so he may figure out who really killed his father so he may avenge his deathand take back the throne. I loved this book because the author did a good job of detailing Peter's every thought and move. I also think the author wanted Peter to suceed in his plan because he mainly talks about how brave Peter is. I would recommend this book to anyone who is looking for a book with action and many surpries around each corner.


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Summary: The Eyes of the Dragon
Review: I read this book twelve years ago when I was twelve and it has been on of my favorite books ever since. Many people know Stephen kIng by his "horror" stories such as "It" or "Misery" or "Salems Lot", but those are not even his best stories. The other side of King are books like Insomnia, The Dark Tower Sieres, the Green Mile and this book the Eyes of the Dragon. This books is more of a dark fantasy with the same King unforseen creativity. The story doesn't stop there though... and you can't dicuss one book without referencing the others since it seems to be an intertwined world that feeds into itself.