The Dragon Rises [Mass Market Paperback]

Adrienne Martine-Barnes (Author)

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 244 pages
• Publisher: Ace Books; 1st edition (March 1, 1983)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0441166555
• ISBN-13: 978-0441166558
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.2 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,848,315 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The eternal hero, July 27, 2003

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K. Maxwell "katmax1" (Sydney, Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Dragon Rises (Mass Market Paperback)

Gilhame ur Fagon is an Admiral in the fleet of the Kardus Temporal Empire. He has also suddenly woken up to the fact that he is "the Dragon", and he is once again enacting a story he has played throughout history. In other times he has been known as King Arthur and the warlords of various vast empires, but always known to himself as "the dragon".

When he awakes this time in his current identity he is on the eve of a major battle and there is a traitor who has sold out the empire. Then he meets a woman called Armanda Mordell, the daughter of a disgraced fleet commander, and recognises in her his partner of a thousand re-incarnations.

Can Gilhame break the cycle of tragedy that has been his lot for as long as he can remember and stop his story treading old paths? This book was written as the first book in a series about this Eternal Hero. Unfortunately, the rest of the series was never written. It's a shame, as even by itself, this is an evocative and memorable space opera romance with a twist.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Timeless!, October 7, 2006

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Scott McLaughlin - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Dragon Rises (Mass Market Paperback)

Excellent Book. I have had this book for 20 years and I still keep reading it over again. As has been mentioned the book touches on the king arthur legends, but that is just the top layer that it deals with. It is a shame that no other books came from it, but it stands alone a book that can be read at anytime, over and over.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A top of the line book, October 9, 1999

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mlk (united states of america) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Dragon Rises (Mass Market Paperback)

I bought this book years ago. And every time I read it ,it just gets better. To bad its out of print. The book leads you to beleave its the start of a series. To my disapointment none that I know of exist.