An intricate web of stories weave together to tell a tale of revenge, justice, ambition, and power.
Zhan has been sent to find her grandfather, a man accused of killing not only Zhan's family, but every man, woman, and child in their village. What she finds is a shell of a man, and a web of deceit that will test the very foundations of a world she thought she understood.
A tale of revenge that grows into something more, Last Dragon is a literary fantasy novel in the tradition of Gene Wolf and Gabriel Garcia Marquez. J. M. McDermott brings the fantasy genre to new literary heights with a remarkable first novel that reconstructs what you expect from an epic tale.
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"Fascinating, a book that demands your full attention and needs to be reread." — Wendy (5 out of 5 stars)
"Fascinating, a book that demands your full attention and needs to be reread."
" Srsly, if you're having trouble falling asleep, then this book is for you, a perfect cure for insomnia, it puts you to slumber right away! "
" For deathbed reveries, I would recommend Bolano's By Night in Chile, or even better yet, Valente's Yume No Hon: The Book of Dreams rather than Last Dragon. "
" Great world-building, though the story is a trifle disjointed at times. Some of that is intrinsic to the style (death-bed retrospective) but it works better in some spots than in others. "
" Took a while to "get into" this one. Now that I'm halfway through, it feels like a braided, cohesive story instead of 3 or 4 different threads. Really different. Will write more when finished. "
" Great try but it just did not gel together. Worthy enough for a read but it could have been so much better... "
" Interesting writing, unique. But the story was just too bleak for me. "
" This book was thrust upon me by a man in a coffee shop outside of the Austin Convention Center who turned out to be the author. "
" Someone else might like this book. I just couldn't follow it. The author's attempt at a lyrical, ancient saga feel got in the way. "
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