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The Dragon Rises

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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.

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.

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.

I love this book I read it so much it finally fell apart & need to get another copy. And I agree w/other review that it sounded like there would be other stories for this character & it broke my heart that there never was. I have never liked the Arthur/Guinevere/Lancelot storyline, this gave me a satisfactory alternative.