King's Dragon

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Summary: This book is a must read in my eyes!!
Review: I read a lot of sci-fi books. I found this book in a small bookstore in my town. I just finished reading the second book and I can't wait to get the third book in the series!!! So far I think this is my favorite series. I think anyone who is sci-fi reader should read this series.

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Summary: This book is the best!!!
Review: I love this book. Especially the parts about Liath. I've read the second one. Is there a third? Please tell me if you know. The storyline keeps you wondering and you don't want to put the book down. The ideas the author has come up with are great! All the magic and you wonder just what Liaths abilities are and how Alain comes into it. It's wonderfull.

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Summary: Engaging story, strong characters, cliffhanger ending
Review: Excellent book that flows well. Pace is lively without pauses. Characters are strong and heroic in their own right, yet completely believable. Well done, can't wait to read on!

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Summary: An excellently crafted story well worth the reading
Review: I'll keep it brief and to the point. Elliot has crafted an immediately believable, plausible, and depthful story set in a richly detailed and sophisticated world. It is difficult to decide which is the stronger feature of the book, the plot, the characters, or the world itself. I felt that Elliot did an very credible job of melding elements of actual European history and myth with her own unique fantasy vision in a way that is fresh and enjoyable. I am looking very forward to continuing this series and exploring the world further.

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Summary: Attempts to be tantalizing come off as vague
Review: A good book lurks here, but you'll be hard pressed to find it within the mists of prose. The overall concepts and characters are intersting in the abstract. Unfortunately, they never materialize into more concrete form. The opening hints of some great conflict with powerful consequences, but then nothing more is said. Sanglant, the apparent hero, gets a few lines of cryptic dialogue and then disappears. The book's two main protagonists drift around without any direction or purpose. The evil revolt filling the 1st half of the book collapses abruptly, an apparent footnote in the overall plot. The book feels like it's building up to something, but never reaches the main event. Everything that happens feels like some plot device designed to advance the story, but to what end? Perhaps this book makes a nice prologue to the rest of the series, but taken alone, King's Dragon is overly vague and mysterious.

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Summary: Slow start, but worth the effort
Review: The only Kate Elliot I had read was The Golden Key. King's Dragon took me by surprise. I thought it was a bit slow & predictable to start but a few nice twists proved me wrong. The characters grew on me and I started to care. Did anyone else notice the hints of reverse sexism? Nice touch!!

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Summary: Great Book
Review: This was a wonderful epic fantasy that made me want to immediately read the second one. The characters are vivid and the writing is highly professional.

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Summary: A wonderful book
Review: Though not as good as her Jaran books, I still loved this book. The plot is tight and complex. Her characters are intelligent and full of human doubt and ambiguity. Her Jaran books are the best sci-fi works since Dune. I don't understand why people seem to love Robert Jordan's confused rambling and inane characters when they could be reading Kate Elliot!

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Summary: wow...
Review: I spent a large part of my summer bored. I'm a college student, between majors, so I worked in a pizza shop. This gave me long hours with nothing to do since all my friends were in other cities. My rescue - books. I found this book while stalking for the 2nd book from George R.R. Martin. It was amazing. I love medieval based fantasy, and this just pulled me in. I love the use of magic, and fighting, and realistic battles and human emotion. I can't wait for the 2nd book to come out in paperback.

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Summary: Kick out the the hero and the heroine!
Review: The heroine is so dumb and helpless. She is practically raped and she hardly cares! The hero is only a bit better. He got himself captured and chained with a pack of wild dogs! The only thing that makes him better than the heroine is that he is at least a commander. Alain should be the hero. He is just about the only person in this book worth reading about and the only one who does not seem helpless or hopelessly incompetent. The only parts of this book worth reading about are the parts about Alain. I think Alain should be the hero.