Supernatural: Heart of the Dragon [Mass Market Paperback]

Keith R.A. DeCandido (Author)

Book Description

Series: Supernatural | Publication Date: February 16, 2010

A Supernatural novel that reveals a previously unseen adventure for the Winchester brothers, from the hit CW series!

When renegade angel Castiel alerts Sam and Dean to a series of particularly brutal killings in San Francisco's Chinatown, they realise the Heart of the Dragon, an ancient evil of unspeakable power, is back! John Winchester faced the terrifying spirit 20 years ago, and the Campbell family fought it 20 years before that - can the boys succeed where their parents and grandparents failed?

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"Not since 'The X-Files' has a show reveled so successfully in giving us goosebumps." - Entertainment Weekly"

About the Author

Keith R. A. DeCandido is best known for his Star Trek fiction, and has also written tie-in novels for other popular sci-fi and fantasy series, such as Buffy, Doctor Who, Andromeda and Farscape, as well as Spider-Man comic books and videogames (World of Warcraft, Starcraft, Command & Conquer). DeCandido is also a professional musician and is currently a member of the Boogie Knights.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: Titan Books; 1 edition (February 16, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 184856600X
• ISBN-13: 978-1848566002
• Product Dimensions: 4.2 x 0.8 x 6.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #121,293 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #32 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Literature & Fiction > Genre Fiction > Horror > Occult

More About the Author

Keith R.A. DeCandido was born and raised in New York City to a family of librarians. He has written over two dozen novels, as well as short stories, nonfiction, eBooks, and comic books, most of them in various media universes, among them Star Trek, World of Warcraft, Starcraft, Marvel Comics, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Serenity, Resident Evil, Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda, Farscape, Xena, and Doctor Who. His original novel Dragon Precinct was published in 2004, and he's also edited several anthologies, among them the award-nominated Imaginings and two Star Trek anthologies. Keith is also a musician, having played percussion for the bands the Don't Quit Your Day Job Players, the Boogie Knights, and the Randy Bandits, as well as several solo acts. In what he laughingly calls his spare time, Keith follows the New York Yankees and practices kenshikai karate. He still lives in New York City with his girlfriend and two insane cats.

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24 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Seriously!?, March 13, 2010

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Natalia Pires (Portugal) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Supernatural: Heart of the Dragon (Mass Market Paperback)

No one buys these books thinking that they'll be reading a master piece. It might happen, but when it does, its a pleasant surprise. On the other end of the spectrum, however, I do not expect to buy a book and find myself skipping whole chapters out of pure boredom. I bought a tie-in novel on the Supernatural series-world. As a TV series where the main characters are Sam and Dean, I would've thought that they would be the center of the story. Instead, I find myself realizing that those characters are being used in this book as crutches, a useless partition curtain in between the real plot, happening in 1969 and 1989, a mere smoke screen as the author uses this fandom to pimp out his 'original' characters, who, honestly, come out as two dimensional and flat as a piece of paper. And yes, there is a whole chapter on the Campbells (Mary Winchester's parents) and a whole chapter on John hunting on his own (is Bobby really that loaded that he buys hunters he knows plane tickets to go on hunts? What is he? The head of some hunter mafia network?) but the two characters that were suppose to actually DO something and earn this book the right to be called a Supernatural tie-in novel, are almost absent from the 'plot'.

So, seriously? Worst waste of money I ever spent on books.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Very Disappointed, April 12, 2010

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Karora Turket ""Kat"" (Atl, GA USA) - See all my reviews

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When I ordered this book, I was really excited about it. However, I was very dissatisfied with the storyline. Too much time was spent talking about Sam and Dean's family than about the brothers themselves. Once the storyline did circle back around to the boys, the wrap-up felt too quick, like the author was in a rush to finish the story. What could have been a great storyline overall failed to live up to its potential.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Where Are Sam And Dean?, April 8, 2010

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Daryl N. Bayer (Valparaiso, IN, USA) - See all my reviews
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This book was extremely disappointing after having read other Supernatural books. The story line was not very exciting and it contained rarely any humorous dialogue between the two brothers. Sam and Dean were only in a few of the chapters with the rest being historical references.