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A Sending of Dragons (Pit Dragons)

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This final volume of the Pit Dragons Trilogy is perhaps the most interesting, because it takes us away from the mainstream culture of Yolen's world, with it's Pit fights and its caste-system, and shows us another side of the planet Austar. Incidentally, this was the first Pit Dragon book I read - having found the British, Julia MacRae edition of it in an Australian second-hand bookstore.

Jakkin and Akki have undergone a dragon-related physical transformation which enables them to share their thoughts telepathically and to survive the supercold Dark After of the Austarian night. Their peaceful existence with Heart's Blood's dragon hatchlings (Sssargon, Sssasha, and the Triplets) in the mountains of Austar is disturbed when there is a sign that they are being hunted by humans.

They flee into the caves of the mountains, where they encounter an indigenous society of humans who are similarly bonded with the dragons. However, as they soon discover, these people's relationship with the dragons is much less benevolent than that which they themselves possess.

So, for the last time, we see Jane Yolen's uncanny ability of deeply touching us with the courage and love of her characters, both human and draconian, and provoking our thoughts with her ingeniously invented cultures. Although the ending of this book ties off all the loose ends of the series, there is plenty of scope for more storytelling in Yolen's fascinating world of loving, feeling, and emphatic dragons. Hopefully this will not be our last visit to Austar.

This book is an exciting thriller; a great adventure. Wish there were more books in the series because this book sort of leaves you hanging expecting that there would be more. I really would like to give it 4 and a half stars. You should read the other two first otherwise it will be confusing. Dragon's Blood was really good, but Heart's Blood was the best.

This is sooo great! I can't believe Jane Yolen stoped writing these books! I really wish she had written more! But,I suppose it is good for you'r imagination to think up what happens next. This is such a good book for readers like me. Because of these books,dragons became my favorite animals! Well,if you would like to read this book,I won't stop you for one second!!!!!!!!!!!

A truly spellbinding book. Yolen has out done herself with her Pit Dragon series. The last book was captivating and your hands will refuse to let you set the book down. The story of Akki and Jakkin continues, along with 5 not so little versions of the beloved Heart's Blood. This is a book for any true Yolen fan and dragon lover! Symbolism and wisdom underlay the breath taking plot which Yolen has written. I personally suggest this to anyone who has a love for fantasy novels, ages young or old.

This book is incredible. It was amazing! with Jakkin and Akki attempting to escape from the bloody metal-makers of the mountains. While trying to save some dragons from meeting a bloody and sad death. I just wish that there was a fourth book to follow it up. It seems like you're left hanging there with no real ending and wishing you knew what would happen next.

Jane Yolens Sending of Dragons was incredible. Jakkin and Akki are stuck in the damp tunnels of a huge cave. They stumble across cave people bloodier than the cell wardens. They have to find a way out before the cave people can catch them. You've GOTTA READ IT!!!!!!

I suggest you read DRAGON'S BLOOD and HEART'S BLOOD first because it would make more sense to you but anyways- I thought this book was terrific in parts it was slow going, but Jane Yolen fixed that up with exciting parts that wouldn't let me put down the book. Maybe it's just 'cause I'm a book freak.

A Sending of dragons was a great heart thrilling adventure of a boy,Jakkin, trying to reach his dreams. I enjoyed this novel because you never cold predict what was going to happen next. It also left you hanging at the end and you really wish there was a fourth one coming to fill in the space. I recommand that you read Dragons bloo d and the Hearts blood, the pre-quils, so you will understand what was occuring.
This book is about Jakkin, the main character, running away from his enemies. Jakkin and his girl-friend go in a cave and get caught by cave men and women. Will they ever see daylight again? You should read the book to find out.

This review contains spoilers, if you haven't read the book.

I really enjoyed the first two books of this series, but the third seemed to dwell on distractions while neglecting things that might have been more interesting. We already know the secret of gaining dragon sight and dragon abilities, and we could already guess the negative implications if the secret came out; belaboring the point by spending a large portion of the book with our heroes trapped in a phenomenally dull society that revolves around this act is overkill. I was also disappointed that the ending of the book cut off where it did; even the *prologue* went further, hinting at great turmoil and perhaps some genuinely interesting developments, none of which we get to stay around long enough to see.

The last chapter of A Sending of Dragons feels rushed, and several things happen almost magically. Voila -- we've freed all the bonders? What, the entire socioeconomic structure of the planet has been turned upside down because one man thought it was a good idea, even one very popular senator? With what do they plan to replace that system, now that we have masses of illiterate free men and nobody to take care of the dragons? The book ends on an optimistic note, but we have the prologue to cast shadows over that -- we know there will be more violence, and the Federation will cut off the planet completely for 50 years as a result. This was exactly the result that Jakkin and his fellow masters originally feared, because it would render the dragon gaming pits irrelevant -- no off-planet betting in the pits, no pits, no justification for keeping dragons. Now the only use for dragons is that you can cut them open and become telepathic, if Jakkin and Akki let that little fact slip.

What happens next? We'll never be told. This is all infinitely more compelling than what we actually get to sit in on during this book, a long and boring period of captivity among people who have the dragon sight but decline to use any of its nuances and just work themselves to death underground. Whatever happens to our protagonists and their dragons after the ending of the book, it can't be pleasant, despite the fluffy and abruptly cut-off ending that tries to imply bright possibilities for the future. A truly disappointing place to leave things.

This was the last book of a great series. The book basically tells of how Jakkin and Akki are forced into the dark maze of tunnels deep inside the heart of the mountains of Austar IV. Inside the tunnels they come upon a starnge cult made up of cave men like people, who keep dragons for thier own well being. Jakkin must find a way to get out from the tunnel maze and save the dragons before it is too late.