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In this post, we check out 7 novels that will have you roaring with dragonish delight! Here there be dragons, friends – and here too, be you!
You may not always feel like a traditional fantasy, like ‘The Dragonbone Chair‘ or a light-hearted romp such as ‘I’m Afraid You’ve Got Dragons‘ – this is why we’ve dropped in some creepy cannibals (looking at you Hannibal!) and western wanderings with Michael Crichton for your dragon fix.
Whether you like your dragons scientifically segmented or scattered along the way to the Dark Tower – this list will light a flame in your heart and put the Reptile in your TBR.
Happy Reading, friends!
Series or Standalone? :
This is Book One in the ‘Natural History of Dragons‘ series.
"A Natural History of Dragons" Book Blurb:
From Scirland to the farthest reaches of Eriga, Isabella, Lady Trent is known to be the world’s preeminent dragon naturalist. She is the remarkable woman who brought the study of dragons out of the misty shadows of myth into the clear light of modern science. But before she became the illustrious figure we know today, there was a bookish young woman whose passion for learning and natural history defied the stifling conventions of her day. Here at last, in her own words, is the true story of a pioneering spirit who risked her reputation, her prospects and her fragile flesh to satisfy her scientific curiosity; of how she sought true love and happiness despite her lamentable eccentricities; and of her thrilling expedition to the perilous mountains of Vystrana, where she made the first of many historic discoveries that would change the world forever.
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Series or Standalone? :
This is a standalone novel.
"Dragon Teeth" Book Blurb:
Ancient discoveries. An epic rivalry. An adventure that made history. The year is 1876. Warring Indian tribes still populate America’s western territories even as lawless gold-rush towns begin to mark the landscape. In much of the country it is still illegal to espouse evolution. Against this backdrop two monomaniacal paleontologists pillage the Wild West, hunting for dinosaur fossils, while surveilling, deceiving and sabotaging each other in a rivalry that will come to be known as the Bone Wars.
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Series or Standalone? :
This is Book One in the ‘Memory, Sorrow and Thorn‘ series.
“The Dragonbone Chair” Book Blurb:
Kitchen-boy Simon is bored, restless and 14 years old – a dangerous combination. It seems, however, that his life has just taken a turn for the better when he’s apprenticed to his castle’s resident wizard. As Simon’s learning to read and write under Doctor Morgenes’ tutelage, forces greater than he could possible imagine are gathering: forces which will change Simon’s life – and his world – forever. Following the death of Good King John, Osten Ard is plunged into civil war as his sons battle for control of the fabled Dragonbone Chair – the country’s throne as well as the symbol of its power. Simon is forced to flee the only home he has ever known, a journey which will test him beyond his worst nightmares.
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Series or Standalone? :
This is a standalone novel.
"Floating Dragon" Book Blurb:
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Series or Standalone? :
This is a standalone novel.
"I'm Afraid You've Got Dragons" Book Blurb:
Dragons are common in the backwater kingdom of Bellemontagne, coming in sizes from mouse-like vermin all the way up to castle-smashing monsters. Gaius Aurelius Constantine Heliogabalus Thrax (who would much rather people call him Robert) has recently inherited his deceased dad’s dead job as a dragon catcher/exterminator, a career he detests with all his heart in part because he likes dragons, feeling a kinship with them, but mainly because his dream has always been the impossible one of transcending his humble origin to someday become a prince’s valet. Needless to say, fate has something rather different in mind…
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Series or Standalone? :
This is Book One in the ‘Hannibal Lecter‘ series.
"Red Dragon" Book Blurb:
Will Graham was a brilliant profiler of criminals for the FBI – until he suffered terrible injuries in the process of capturing Dr Hannibal ‘the Cannibal’ Lecter. Years later, a serial killer nicknamed ‘the Tooth Fairy’ is massacring entire families each full moon. With the FBI desperate for progress, Will reluctantly agrees to consult. But he soon realises that he alone can’t crack the case; he needs the help of the only mind even better than his own at understanding the mentalities of psychopaths. The mind of Hannibal Lecter. But Hannibal is playing his own twisted game from the asylum for the criminally insane. Will isn’t alone in getting advice from the cannibal. So is the Tooth Fairy – the man haunted by visions of the murderous Red Dragon.
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Series or Standalone? :
This is a standalone novel.
"The Eyes of the Dragon" Book Blurb:
The King is dead, murdered by an unusual poison. While evidence is gathered, and the land of Delain mourns, Flagg the King’s magician, unscrupulous, greedy and powerful, plots. Soon the King’s elder son, Peter, is imprisoned in the needle, the top of a high tower, for his father’s murder. And Thomas inherits the throne. Only Peter knows the truth of his innocence, and the true evil that is Flagg. Only Peter can save Delain from the horror the magician has in store. He has a plan, but it is rife with danger. And if he fails, he won’t get a second chance.
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