![]() Along the way, they meet Wang Cao, a herbalist previously acquainted with Danzi. She must protect a mysterious stone that is vital to the dragon's legacy. Long Danzi tells the girl her true name, Ping, and asks her to accompany him to the ocean. When the girl discovers that the Emperor intends to sell the one remaining dragon, Danzi, to a dragon hunter to be butchered, she and the dragon escape from Huangling together. After Lu Yu suddenly dies, the slave girl feels guilty and responsible. Nameless and alone, the slave girl is without hope and her only friend is her pet rat, Hua. In the far western mountains of the Han Empire in ancient China, a young slave girl is used, abused and neglected by the cruel Master Lan, whose job is to care for the two aged imperial dragons, Long Danzi and Lu Yu. This is a story of a young slave girl who believes she is not worthy of a name but finds within herself the strength and courage to make this perilous journey, and do what must be done. Pursued by a ruthless dragon hunter, the girl and the dragon make an epic journey across China carrying a mysterious stone that must be protected. Ping is a slave girl for the evil master Lan, saves the life of an aging dragon and escapes her brutal master. ![]() There is also a prequel to the original Dragonkeeper novel known as Dragon Dawn. In the second trilogy of the series, there is the 4th book which is called Blood Brothers, then Shadow Sister and finally Bronze Bird Tower. The second book is called Garden of the Purple Dragon and the third book is called Dragon Moon. It is one of the first books from the Dragonkeeper series, which consists of six books (two trilogies) and a prequel. “Such a splendid tale and such a fantasticorical! I read my eyes out and couldn’t stop ’til I finished and it was dawn.Dragonkeeper is a fantasy novel written by Australian author Carole Wilkinson. George R.R.Martin’s first fantasy epic well above the norms of the genre.”- Locus Inventive and intricately plotted.”- BookPage superbly developed characters, accomplished prose, and sheer bloodymindedness.”- Publishers Weekly, starred review “A Best Book of 1996: Martin makes a triumphant return to high fantasy. Martin has unveiled for us an intensely realized, romantic but realistic world.”- Chicago Sun-Times “We have been invited to a grand feast and pageant: George R.R. Amid plots and counterplots, tragedy and betrayal, victory and terror, the fate of the Starks, their allies, and their enemies hangs perilously in the balance, as each endeavors to win that deadliest of conflicts: the game of thrones. Here an enigmatic band of warriors bear swords of no human metal a tribe of fierce wildlings carry men off into madness a cruel young dragon prince barters his sister to win back his throne and a determined woman undertakes the most treacherous of journeys. Sweeping from a land of brutal cold to a distant summertime kingdom of epicurean plenty, here is a tale of lords and ladies, soldiers and sorcerers, assassins and bastards, who come together in a time of grim omens. ![]() ![]() At the center of the conflict lie the Starks of Winterfell, a family as harsh and unyielding as the land they were born to. The cold is returning, and in the frozen wastes to the north of Winterfell, sinister and supernatural forces are massing beyond the kingdom’s protective Wall. In a land where summers can last decades and winters a lifetime, trouble is brewing. ![]() Long ago, in a time forgotten, a preternatural event threw the seasons out of balance. Martin’s stunning series is destined to stand as one of the great achievements of imaginative fiction. Magic, mystery, intrigue, romance, and adventure fill these pages and transport us to a world unlike any we have ever experienced. As a whole, this series comprises a genuine masterpiece of modern fantasy, bringing together the best the genre has to offer. Martin’s magnificent cycle of novels that includes A Clash of Kings and A Storm of Swords. ![]()
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