This recently discovered journal will prove irresistible to any devotee of historical fantasy. It's a carefully executed reproduction of the illustrated diary kept by the Great Wizard, Septimus Agorius, detailing his incredible attempts to hunt down and slay four malevolent dragons in accordance with the wishes of his dying king. Beautifully drawn, with amazing illustrations executed by some of the world's leading fantasy illustrators, The Dragon Chronicles features a unique laminate cover with distressed artwork and gold-foil lettering.
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Malcolm Sanders started as a scriptwriter and is now a creative director of Meiklejohn Graphics in London. All the illustrative work in the book has been commissioned by Sanders from an inspirational storyline he used to tell his children.
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This is a British book that I stumbled across, and fell in love with. It is supposed to be an actual copy of the 1500 year old journal of Septimus Agorius, Supreme Wizard to the court of Malacan. The wizard is told to record his journey by request of his king on his death bed. The story is full of magic, prophecies, and a dangerous amulet that the world must be protected from. The storyline is very interesting and hair raising at times.
Technically the design and layout of the book makes it appear is if this book is an ancient book. The cover looks like brown leather with gold lettering, and has a realistic looking image of metal hinges and locks. It even has the dragons scratch marks. The pages are made to look like ancient parchment, (they are not really parchment but it is a nice effect) and the text is a nice old fashioned script or font. The artwork is colorful and stunning. There is much variety of art here in addition to the full page paintings of dragons, there are blueprints of ships and weapons, photos of ancient artifacts, and what appears to be fossilized baby dragon that has been imprinted on a page. 5 stars!
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Buyers should know that the various editions of the book are substantially the same. In an effort to get what I thought was the "original" book, I ordered a British copy, published by Pegasus Publishing in 2002 and 2003. I also bought both the Courage and Running Press editions. I was hoping the British edition would have (as other reviewers have described) pages like parchment or old vellum, text that looks like handwritten script, etc. It didn't. Still, all three editions are beautiful; it's just my expectations which were unrealistic.
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This is a fantastic book, you really are convinced that it is a copy of an actual journal writen centuries ago. All the pages are made to look like old parchment.The story is of how an old loyal wizard is commanded by his dying king to seek and destroy a number of evil dragons that threaten the peace of the kingdom. The colour pictures art great and ther are lots of interesting things sketched by the artists that the wizard took with him to record his quest. It is a super looking book, all old and weathered like. It looks great on the shelf with my collection of dragon models.
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Gently, I released the gold clasp that sealed the book and began to turn the pages, each of which was fashioned from the finest parchment. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Gently, I released the gold clasp that sealed the book and began to turn the pages, each of which was fashioned from the finest parchment. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Captain Kronson, Beast of Gremarnaca, Lost Vaffey, The Verana, Dragon of the North, Ghazeen Vaffey New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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