The Dragon's Son (Dragonvarld Trilogy, Book 2) [Hardcover]

Margaret Weis (Author)

Book Description

Series: Dragonvarld Trilogy | Publication Date: July 1, 2004

In Mistress of Dragons we were introduced to a world where political deception, greed, and avarice have lead to a violation of the "hands off" policy of the Parliament of Dragons concerning the affairs of men. Indeed that violation threatens more than policy and order it threatens the peaceful existence of the human race.

Man's only hope and his greatest threat is

The Dragon's Son

Twins born out of violence and raised apart.

Ven (short for Vengeance) is raised in seclusion under the watchful eye of his deceased mother's Amazonian lover. He is a child whose appearance belies his heritage - half-man/ half-dragon.

Marcus is raised in a court, and given all of the protections and breeding that would entail. He appears to be completely human, yet his psychic link with the brother he has never known betrays the dragon magic that lies within him.

It is up to the dragon emissary who passes himself off as a man, Draconas, to protect them both before the internecine struggle destroys the Parliament of Dragons and brings an oppressive reign of fire down upon all mortal men.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Weaving more spellbinding magic in the second book of her Dragonvarld trilogy, Weis charts the fate of Melisande's twin sons, whose bloody birth marked the cliffhanging conclusion of Mistress of Dragons (2003). Marcus, "human, born of love and magic," and Ven, "half-dragon and half-human, born of evil," are at the crux of a conflict within the Parliament of Dragons that secretly watches over a wonderfully detailed landscape similar to medieval Earth's. The innocent twins grow up apart in vastly different worlds: Prince Marcus inherits his mother's dragon magic and lives a semi-normal life as King Edward of Idlyswylde's bastard son, while Ven, human from the waist up (but blue-scaled, white-clawed dragon from the waist down), grows up the impoverished charge of a cold, grieving ex-soldier. Dragon's blood imbues each boy with fantastic abilities, but also puts them in danger from rebel dragons disguised as humans. Readers' hearts will ache for the conflicted Ven. Other notable characters include the wise Draconas, a dragon in human form who seeks to protect the twins and to uphold the ancient dragon law against killing humans, and Evelina, the vain and foolish gypsy who figures in Ven's reunion with his long-lost twin. A surprising, fire-breathing conclusion, sure to please dragon fans, sets the stage for volume three.
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From Booklist

In the exciting middle volume of Weis' Dragonvald trilogy (begun in Mistress of Dragons [BKL Ap 15 03]), the twin sons of a high priestess--one sired by King Edward; the other, by renegade dragon Grald--are growing up. Their mother died in childbirth, and neither knows he has a twin. Draconas, the dragon charged by the dragon parliament with walking among humans in human form, put Grald's son, Ven, under the protection of a woman warrior, who has made a home deep in the forest. Draconas gave King Edward the care of his son, Marcus. But now Grald is searching for both young men, and the fate of a world beset by political intrigue, evil, and violence may lie in the hands of the brothers--if they manage to stay alive. Weis maintains a carefully crafted world and deepens the characterizations of the twins as each tries to come to terms with the past and his destiny. The novel moves inexorably to a cataclysmic conclusion that points forward to the trilogy's concluding book. Sally Estes
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Product Details

• Hardcover: 384 pages
• Publisher: Tor Books; 1ST edition (July 1, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0765304694
• ISBN-13: 978-0765304698
• Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 6.4 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,271,933 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

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars MESMERIZING READINGS, August 13, 2004

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Gail Cooke (TX, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Dragon's Son (Dragonvarld Trilogy, Book 2) (Audio CD)

Favor fantasy? Then "The Dragon's Son," second by Margaret Weis in her Dragonvarld trilogy, is the story for you? Love to listen? Then Stefan Rudnicki and Gabrielle De Cuir are the voices for you, lending just the appropriate amounts of other worldliness to their readings. Rudnicki's delivery is resonant, memorable, and De Cuir's equally impressive.

Fans will remember the conclusion of "Mistress of Dragons," a real heart stopper where a violation of the "leave them alone" rule regarding the affairs of men threatened the very existence of mankind.

Hope lies with twin sons. Ven, short for Vengeance, is half man, half dragon. Marcus, on the other hand, was raised comfortably, at court, and appears to be totally human. However, the dragon blood each carries has imbued them with magical powers. Their asset may also be their peril as evil dragons in human form seek to destroy them.

Draconas is their ally and wants to protect them. But, is this possible?

Listen and enjoy.

- Gail Cooke

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars the dragon of doom!, June 3, 2005

A Kid's Review

This review is from: The Dragon's Son (Dragonvarld Trilogy, Book 2) (Hardcover)

this is a completely awsome book that i could never put down. so far this is the best book in the series. but weis seems to forget that there were two sons and that she barley ever talked about marcus "the seeminly normal child of the two" but the blood of the dragon is in his blood so that makes him have magic powers so read this book and follow along an epic adventure of romance, action, adventure, and plenty of other things in this book.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Better than the first, May 18, 2005

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Amanda Awin "fantasy lover" (Cleveland, OH) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Dragon's Son (Dragonvarld Trilogy, Book 2) (Hardcover)

The second book in the Dragonvarld trilogy was much better than the first. Although Weis talked about Ven mostly throughout the whole book, she tended to forget about the other son of the Mistress of Dragons named Marcus. This book definetly kept you reading more and more, because it talks about the hardships of being different in society and how that affects one's own emotions. The ending was also so unpredictable that I can't wait for the third installment to this trilogy.