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Summary: Inventive!
Review: It's hard to believe that this is Alan F. Troop's first novel. He builds up an excellent non-human character. The protagonist, Peter DelaSangre, is a dragon trying to be human. He was raised like a human and finds himself confronted with his heritage when he goes on a quest for his mate.Unlike some reviewers here. I enjoyed this novel. Troop's novel can't even be compared to LK Hamilton. He blows her out of the water with a more believable story. My only complaint with this novel is that the dragons are green. There are so many other more interesting colors for dragons.
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Summary: Endearing fantasy starring dragons
Review: Once upon a time, long before man walked the Earth, dragons ruled the world, masters of all they surveyed. When mankind came into existence and geometrically multiplied, the dragons were hunted down and thought to have become extinct. Eventually, they were found in fairy tales and the remaining dragons that lived among humanity kept it that way. They shape change into human form and do business with humans, but know never to trust or befriend them.
Peter Dela Sangre, a dragon that spends much of his time in human form, is conflicted about human beings as he went to school with them and only kills them to eat. When he mates with a female dragon who feels nothing but contempt and disdain for humanity, he loves her enough to respect her wishes until the day comes that he refused to kill the brother of a woman he ate.
Alan F. Troop has done for dragons what Anne Rice has done for vampires and Laurell K. Hamilton has done for werewolves by making his creation so realistic and endearing even though they eat people. THE DRAGON DELASANGRE is an exciting fantasy set on modern day earth that hooks the audience whom reaches out to Peter for enduring so much pain in his young life. Fantasy and horror lovers will have a feast reading the first novel in what looks to be a great series Harriet Klausner
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Summary: Why do people read this?
Review: Read something else, I want to read a story that has real imagination, This is just about dragons eating people same dragons same lack of imagination by humans again.
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Summary: Who you are depends on how you'll like it
Review: Reading earlier reviews, it seems that the people who want 'dark' and 'edgy' fiction do not like this book. They feel it is boring and there's no action. That's fair enough; it's not fast-moving and the focus is not on the 'bad guys'. I haven't read much Anne Rice (I can't stand her), so I don't know if it's like her. It's not like Laurell K. Hamilton either. I like this book. It has a very sci-fi feel, despite not being a sci-fi. The dragons are *not* human, and they aren't really based on myths either (and really, in fantasy, it doesn't matter if creatures are or are not based on myths. Someone may have a preference, but it doesn't make or break a book). They have different interests, and this book is dedicated to exploring a young dragon who was raised partly among humans--it reads like a book where an alien was raised among humans. Few fantasys now days take a serious look at what it may be to not be human. They give their non-humans too much humanity. Troop doesn't do this with his dragons, and yet he creates an interesting main character. The plot is very basic. A shapeshifting dragon who goes about his life, catches scent of a female, then goes on a quest for a mate and tries to find his self between his dragon nature and some of his human-ish morals and thoughts. If you want swashbuckling and fights and magic and fire and action, this probably isn't the book for you. If you want an exploration of a non-human character and culture, and writing that is definately above average, then it is for you. I hope I clairified what type of book this is. The "This book sucks!" comments were getting on my nerves, espcially because it's rare for me to find a new author that I like, and I could give you a list a mile long on some books that really were bad and cliche that I've read. This book is a gem. It's not flashy, but it's solidly made and interesting.
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Summary: Who you are depends on how you'll like it
Review: Reading earlier reviews, it seems that the people who want 'dark' and 'edgy' fiction do not like this book. They feel it is boring and there's no action. That's fair enough; it's not fast-moving and the focus is not on the 'bad guys'. I haven't read much Anne Rice (I can't stand her), so I don't know if it's like her. It's not like Laurell K. Hamilton either. I like this book. It has a very sci-fi feel, despite not being a sci-fi. The dragons are *not* human, and they aren't really based on myths either (and really, in fantasy, it doesn't matter if creatures are or are not based on myths. Someone may have a preference, but it doesn't make or break a book). They have different interests, and this book is dedicated to exploring a young dragon who was raised partly among humans--it reads like a book where an alien was raised among humans. Few fantasys now days take a serious look at what it may be to not be human. They give their non-humans too much humanity. Troop doesn't do this with his dragons, and yet he creates an interesting main character. The plot is very basic. A shapeshifting dragon who goes about his life, catches scent of a female, then goes on a quest for a mate and tries to find his self between his dragon nature and some of his human-ish morals and thoughts. If you want swashbuckling and fights and magic and fire and action, this probably isn't the book for you. If you want an exploration of a non-human character and culture, and writing that is definately above average, then it is for you. I hope I clairified what type of book this is. The "This book sucks!" comments were getting on my nerves, espcially because it's rare for me to find a new author that I like, and I could give you a list a mile long on some books that really were bad and cliche that I've read. This book is a gem. It's not flashy, but it's solidly made and interesting.
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Summary: Dragons - eating people and havign sex
Review: Reading this book is like reading a teenagers fantasy. It's all about longing for a girl, finding the girl, getting the girl, having sex with the girl, eating helpless human victims AND proving your manliness buy weilding money, power and big guns. It all got to be a bit too much for me. How many times do I really want to read about Dragons having sex? Not many. I kept wondering if people are really turned on by this type of thing or was I just missing something. Ultimately, I don't know and the story is so lightweight that bigger issues don't matter. This is the equivelant of a blokbuster summer movie. One cool idea (shape-shifting dragons living amongst us) made to be not as interesting as you thought because of the been-there-done-that feel of the story. There are similarities in feel to Anne Rices' work, but this is a copy of her formula and doesn't take it anywhere that it hasn't been already. That said. This is well written in the sense that I was made to like Dela Sangre eventhough he's basically an oversexed, self centered bore who'd rip open my gut and eat me alive. For to have ANY like for a guy with those traits not only says something about me but the ability of the writer as well.
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Summary: Dragons - eating people and havign sex
Review: Reading this book is like reading a teenagers fantasy. It's all about longing for a girl, finding the girl, getting the girl, having sex with the girl, eating helpless human victims AND proving your manliness buy weilding money, power and big guns. It all got to be a bit too much for me. How many times do I really want to read about Dragons having sex? Not many. I kept wondering if people are really turned on by this type of thing or was I just missing something. Ultimately, I don't know and the story is so lightweight that bigger issues don't matter. This is the equivelant of a blokbuster summer movie. One cool idea (shape-shifting dragons living amongst us) made to be not as interesting as you thought because of the been-there-done-that feel of the story. There are similarities in feel to Anne Rices' work, but this is a copy of her formula and doesn't take it anywhere that it hasn't been already. That said. This is well written in the sense that I was made to like Dela Sangre eventhough he's basically an oversexed, self centered bore who'd rip open my gut and eat me alive. For to have ANY like for a guy with those traits not only says something about me but the ability of the writer as well.
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Summary: Dragon Fantastic
Review: Slipping into the world of Delesangre can be a fascinating experience. Here we are inundated with the private, captivating private demimonde of dragons, their lifestyles, their romances, troubles, life and death, struggles and destruction with and at the hands of man. After his father's death, Peter DelaSangre, a shapeshifting dragon, begins a quest for a mate, and once finds and wins her, discovers himself sinking deeper into his dragon roots, something he is painfully ill-prepared for. Dragon society is complex, full of ceremonies Peter has never learned, other dragons Peter can barely stand, and, unfortunately, enemies who wish him dead. Raised by his mother to possess at least a modicrum of respect for human beings--a dragon's primary prey animal--Peter must struggle with his feelings for both worlds, human and dragon, and find a place for himself where he is at peace. Alan F. Troop is an extraordinary author, and it is at times very hard to believe that THE DRAGON DELASANGRE is his first novel. He writes with the prowess of a man who has been doing this for years. Peter and the other characters are well developed, complex and believable, and the plot moves along at a terrific pace, keeping you turning the pages long into the night. You will find people who misunderstand the book, however, and give it negative reviews, as some past readers have. This is because THE DRAGON DELASANGRE is *not* a fantasy novel (or at least, not a regular, high-fantasy novel). The book is a horror/dark fantasy thriller through and through, with a more than generous amount of gore, sex and violence. Once you understand this, the book will come together for you much easier. This is not Arthurian fantasy in modern days, knights and dragons and maidens fair, this is Laurell K. Hamilton/Anne Rice-inspired sociological monster-horror. If you love the Anita Blake books and/or The Vampire Chronicles, pick up Peter's tale and give it a try. I can almost guarantee you Alan F. Troop will have you roaring with pleasure. Karen Koehler,
author of SLAYER and SCARABUS
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Summary: The Dragon of Florida
Review: The Dragon Delasangre and the Dragon Moon is an epic scifi thriller of a novel that involves dragons in present day life, hidding, watchin, hiding until the night comes before they take their true form. Both novels tell about the traditions these dragons have. Novels like these can actually give a viewpoint to what these creatures were really like. Long live the dragons of Earth..................
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Summary: Vampire Novel with a Twist
Review: The Dragon Delasangre is one of those rare novels wherein the protagonist is essentially unlikeable, yet the writing is good enough to keep you reading to the end. Basically a variation on a vampire story, Mr. Troop spins an engaging yarn about a creature caught between two worlds - that of his draconic ancestry, and his human upbringing. Unfortunately, where Anne Rice manages to make the reader care for her blood-thirsty monsters, Mr. Troop's attempts to humanize his main character by inserting moments of remorse and conscience smack of insincerity due to their unlasting affect on the character. Peter Delasangre kills humans (his kind's preferred food) again and again, usually without even a pang of regret, then bemoans the tragedies in his own life such as his loneliness and the loss of loved ones. While it is made clear that Peter could survive on rare steaks instead of human flesh, we are expected to believe that his acts are necessary simply because humans have always been the preferred food for dragons. While Mr. Troop undoubtedly intends that we understand that Dragons are not human - the main theme of the book - the obvious humanity of the character combined with his blood-thirsty ways, leaves the reader in the unenviable position of disliking the viewpoint character and not caring what tragedies befall him.
It's like expecting the reader to care about a remorseless mass-murderer because he's depressed over being lonely. This novel is worth reading, but don't expect to come away from it with a warm fuzzy feeling. I'll probably read the sequel just because Mr. Troop is a talented writer, and because I'm curious to see if he can develop the character of Peter into something more sympathetic and likeable.
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