Margaret Weis - The Forbidden Land 2
Read Time: 18:01:07 - 01/25/2007
Margaret Weis - The Forbidden Land 2 (Dragon Son) (The Dragonvarld Trilogy 2: The Dragon's Son)
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"Marcus and Ven are twins who know nothing of each other and very different fathers. Marcus is human and magically gifted, while Ven from the waist down is a dragon. One day brings Ven's father, the brothers together
A magnificent world full of magical forces, strong heroes and fearsome dragon! "
I had last summer the first part of the story rather by chance found in the library and from then on the appearance of second volume lurking, just as I am now waiting for the third volume ...
It's about dragons and humans, but can the dragons in M. Weis assume human form books and travel undetected by the human cities. Intregieren you like people and they make mistakes. But they are not immortal, but rather the world so indifferent to the set that she slept through part of centuries in some cave. This behavior use the kites that people are not indifferent, of course. So it happens that, in the first part, a dragon is a valley located off under his rule brings. He enslaved the people and teaching them in perpetual fear to live before the dragon. Each dragon that they would come to the aid is therefore opposed by the people over and fiercest. At the same time pursuing the dragon's plan man and magic dragon magic to unite by children can testify, who have dragon blood in them. But the children that arise in this way, are not like normal people, but rather retarded, scary creatures. Only a woman is able to have a child that holds the advantages of both sides in itself, the dragon son. He comes from a rape by an "evil" dragon man. In the same period, the woman in love but in a young king, and they get twins, a son of the dragon, one son of the king. When she dies, the children are placed in different directions, which is a child raised as a prince, the other relatively unkind and neglected in the forest of a warrior. As a skilled reader
* g * can be seen at once that this combination poses difficulties. The neglected child must inevitably be linked to long for "more", the pampered prince can not see any real dangers, and between the two seem always a main character from the first volume, the "good" dragon man Drakonas, the desperate attempts for the worst to prevent. But as in the first band he is also in the second only a peripheral figure, too often superficial Decisions will be pushed aside. Instead of worrying about the children or at least to the neglected, it can happen some that ultimately helps the "evil" dragon. Both boys are as young men in the realm of dragons, where they are confronted with a woman (future main character?), The devious, underhanded, and just simply is not possible (I would have love to have some dragons thrown to!). The prince is too naive to realize their true colors. The Dragon son knows, however, as it really is, but it would still love to deceive and eventually even before his own death to her and his brother to allow escape.
The dragon's son, who is also the title of this volume is the more interesting character in the book. His brother is just too good, too perfect and too little "tortured" or truly tested. For him, life is the search for a heroic deed, death or wrongly, there is not any way for him. Dragon's son, however, has suffered and lost a loved one, he was deceived and left him uncertain and yet it is not broken it, but still seems unclear. In these volumes it can always be the villain or the hero. The entire development is still pending and as yet because I thought he died, I was really sad because he is a sympathetic character. Therefore, "disturbs" me the book is that the end revolves around the king's son. He succeeds as a brave hero, the "virgin" to save, while his brother "sacrifices" and the prince will take the young woman home with her and take care of them honorably. In short: he is bored!
The dragon's son, however, is disappeared on the last pages. There appear once again to his thoughts, it becomes clear that his death was just played and yet he seems to have "forgotten" to the author. When he would not be the title of this volume. I would have wished that they had granted him a glorious happy ending, some clever, cynical last sentences of the book or the like. But perhaps it builds its story in the next volume to continue? I hope so ...
rating:
A fantasy novel about dragons alone earned almost a perfect score * gg * The writing style of the author is very good, and not even entertaining at times lengthy, the charas are convincingly portrayed and the plot is exciting. Only the "open" end to the dragon's son and the survival of the bitch disturb me and that's why ...
8 out of 10
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