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The Fifth Dimension

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This book starts out like a Twilight Zone episode with a space traveler (David) reaching another planet and observing it. He notes the people appear to be living in the middle ages. He then sees them tie up a girl and leave her to be sacrificed to a giant dragon (almost like the scene on Skull Island in King Kong). David decides to take action and rescues the girl, badly wounding the dragon with his weapon (a type of phaser a la Star Trek). This sets in motion an upset to the status quo between dragon and human (he forgot the prime directive, not to interfere on a foreign planet) and creates a war between human and dragon.

As the war progresses, David learns the dragons are intelligent and are driven to what they do by a group of dragon elders. David, himself is being guided by elders from Earth.

The rest of the book morphs into a Doctor Strange like tale with David battling in his asteral form, while fulfilling an ancient prophesy told in a book.

The book had a lot of holes, especially that both dragons and humans speak David's language and he accepts that without question. However, the author has a very good method of storytelling that holds the reader's interest throughout the book. I am generally not a fantasy buff but I liked this book for the most part.

This book is full of adventures. You won't be able to put it down. A real page turner!