The Dragon Token (Dragon Star, Book 2)

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Summary: Children at war
Review: A boy 7 years old left to rule a princedom. And the mother who mourns not only the death of a husband, a brother, and all her brothers family. Sits in a chair and weeps at the loss of childhood. At the end of this book so many children are fighting. from 7 - 11 years old. That I was left thinking to my self how odd. Then it occurred to me. Almost all the men are dead.

This is one of the most gripping novels I have ever read. Book 2 The Dragon Token, puts the reader right in the middle of the war with the Vellant'im and their High Warlord. And the Azhrei and the people of the Kingdoms.

War is hell as someone once said. And Melanie Rawn makes sure you understand exactly what that means. By allowing you to invest yourself into a character only to have that character die to the ravages of war.

This is unlike any book I have ever read. I found my self throwing the book across the room on more then one occasion. No book has ever griped me so tightly or effected me so deeply.

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Summary: All Time Favorite
Review: I read this series over and over. The characters are so richly developed, it's like revisiting old friends. This was the first series I read as a young adult. I am ruined! I read every fantasy series I can find, and though many are good, I can't find one that is better.

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Summary: Excellent, if long, reading
Review: Melanie Rawn has never ceased to continue to amaze me that she can manage to keep me entrhalled in a single novel which has itself enough pages to constitute a trilogy by other authors. The Dragon Token starts a little bit slow in rehashing every character's reaction to the ending of "Stronghold" (which I won't reveal here), but in looking back, it only helps to add to the believability and "humanness" of the characters. The reader is taken through several exciting battles, and each time just as you think you understand which side is going to vanquish the other, a new twist is added and you find yourself retreating with one side or the other. The book is well written enough so that you don't feel that these twists are unbelievable or just put in to drag it out even longer. The author continues to not hold her main characters in any type of special place, feeling free to maim, kill off, or just simply give them very human faults. This is both infuriating when you so much want to like and believe in a character and you find out that they are only human after all, as well as exciting, because you know that you can't count on your favorite hero to be the one to save the day, or even to be alive at the end of the book :) On the other hand, the heroes do continue to be lively and refreshing.

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Summary: A great second book in the Dragon Star series
Review: Rawn does it again with the second book in her Dragon Star series. The conflict between Pol and Aurdy is more drawn out. Pol is having to discover how he can run what is left of his army to final defeat over his enemy. A great book.

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Summary: This second book in a war that threatens all.
Review: The war continues and friends and enemies are won and lost. The seemingly endless struggle continues against the High Warlord. Old wounds are opened along with old desires with an ending that will keep readers waiting for the third and final book.

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Summary: Its GREAT! Where's the next one?
Review: Well, as I said. It's one of the best books, but I don't seem to be able to find the sequel to it. I'd really like amazon to put a list of books as they came on market or as their storyline goes. I might be stupid but I don't seem to be able to find such list here? Anyone can help me? Mario [e-mail]

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Summary: Excellent!
Review: Wow! Melanie Rawn just keeps amazing me! This is a far better serie than WoT. Fortunately Rawn believes in quality and not quantity, unlike Robert Jordan. Great book!