Dark Heart: Volume One of Dragon's Disciple [Hardcover]

Margaret Weis (Author), David Baldwin (Author)

Book Description

Series: Dragon's Disciple | Publication Date: September 9, 1998

Justin Sterling is a loner. Formerly Justinian, Lord Sterling, he has lived for centuries in, but not of, our world, serving an ancient entity known only as the Dragon. Justin's reward is immortality, but to keep it he must keep killing. He has grown to hate his interminable life, soaked in blood, almost as much as he fears the hideous death that will be his if he refuses to do the Dragon's bidding.

Sandra McCormick is also a loner. A dedicated Chicago cop, fleeing a twisted past as a victim of abuse, McCormick devotes her scant free time to studying the martial artsand occasionally cruising the grunge and punk nightclubs for anonymous one-night stands.

These two loners are about to meet.

Lieutenant McCormick has been assigned a high-profile case. Two men are dead. One a lawyer, one a cop. Both murdered in a mysterious and particularly gruesome mannertheir still-beating hearts literally torn from their chests.

It was Justin who killed the cop, after another disciple bungled the lawyer's death. Now Justin must eliminate the second cop assigned to the case. It little matters that she's a woman. He has done the Dragon's bidding for so long that the slaughter has become routine.

But there is something different about this assignmentfor both the cop and the disciple. It is a difference they both reject, and then embrace more and more passionately as the closing circle of Destiny draws them together.

For these two dedicated killers, these two confirmed loners, each assigned to stalk the other . . . are falling in love.

And love is the one vice the Dragon does not allow.

Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover

Someone, or something, is ripping the hearts from living men.

Justinian, Lord Sterling, has lived for centuries, serving an ancient entity known only as the Dragon. Immortality is Justin's reward. But to keep it, he must keep killing.

Lt. Sandra McCormick is a dedicated cop, a loner whose job is her refuge from a twisted past. But to keep it, she must stop the killing.

Two loners, each stalking the other. Each destined to be the other's savior--and downfall. For love, unexpected, unstoppable, draws them together. And love is the one vice the Dragon will not allow.... --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

About the Author

Margaret Weis is the New York Times bestselling author of over thirty books, including the Star of the Guardian series, the Death Gate Cycle, the Darksword Trilogy, and the Dragonlance series. She lives with her husband, Don Perrin, in a converted barn in Wisconsin.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 352 pages
• Publisher: Harper Voyager (September 9, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0061052981
• ISBN-13: 978-0061052989
• Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 6.4 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (40 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,808,956 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Margaret Weis graduated from the University of Missouri in 1970 with a BA in Creative Writing and Literature. Following a career in publishing she became an editor with TSR in 1983, and now lives with her husband and two cats in a converted barn near Lake Genva, Wisconsin.

Customer Reviews

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27 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The second book, March 15, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Dark Heart: Volume One of Dragon's Disciple (Hardcover)

I asked Margaret Weis about the second book (see www.staroftheguardians.com for her addie) and she said that due to the death of her son David Baldwin, she would not continue the series, as it was more his work than hers, and it would not feel proper to use his ideas. It was his project. There is a prequil or similar called Testament of the dragon, but i think it's only available in America, as i cannot obtain it in the wonderful world of Oz here.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book-but should have a sequel, May 29, 2004

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S. Young (Oregon) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dark Heart: Book I of Dragon's Disciple (Mass Market Paperback)

I thought this book was really good-well written, lots of action and a good plot. But it deserves a sequel! I was very disappointed to hear that Margaret Weis is not continuing the series-I'm not sure if people will like reading this book wehn it doesn't really have an ending. She should have written at least one more book and given us some closure. It's still a great book though, in my opinion. It just doesn't have a good ending.

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Prepare to meet the dragon!, August 8, 1999

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Jeffrey A. Watts (Lower Lake CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dark Heart: Book I of Dragon's Disciple (Mass Market Paperback)

Margaret Weis, creator of the now best selling Dragonlance novels, has put her pen to work writing about a new type of dragon here in the 20th century. Her work introduces us to Justin Sterling (my only gripe in the entire book is the name for this character and that is just personal) a disciple of the dragon.

The story is woven with police intrigue, power stuggles between other dragon disciples along with Justin and the life of a survivalist, Sandra a cop investigating strange murders which eventually bring her to Justin.

The book is well paced and lively, I finished it in about a week durring a busy work time. I wanted to spend more time reading this book than working.

Each character flows seemlessly into the story and each has his or her place. I would almost call this a channeled work due to its intuitive reading nature. Margaret put so much thought into each one that you can feel their deepest desires and hidden desires as well as those which are closer to the surface.

For those of you skeptical about reading some of Margaret Weises works outside of the Dragonlance theme, this book will not dissapoint you. As a long time fan of Weis, I am glad to see that she has lost none of her spark in her writing from editors, deadlines and such.

PS The Dragon in this story is quite a new twist to dragon genre and very original! I wish I had thought of it!