false<![CDATA[Last Dragon]]>13744292The debut of a brilliant new voice that will change the fantasy genre forever.<br><br>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.<br><br>A tale of revenge that grows into something more, <i>Last Dragon</i> is a literary fantasy novel in the tradition of Gene Wolfe and Gabriel Garcia Marquez. J.M. McDermott brings the fantasy genre to new literary heights with a remarkable first novel that will leave critics and readers alike in stunned awe.1364316522008Last Dragontotal:42|5:3|4:17|3:10|2:10|1:2|421351001757falsefalseThu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008Thu May 15 08:38:11 -0700 2008Tue Jul 07 13:33:17 -0700 2009 Truly an appalling consensus.
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Have you ever watched a movie late at night while dozing off? As you alternate between falling asleep and waking up, the film begins to seep into your dreams, and you struggle to ...more...]]>
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Zhan, an aging woman, perhaps an empress, is recalling her life in what we eventua...
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The Last Dragon but I think whatever those expectations were they were probably exceeded. Yes, sometimes the t...more...]]>
40falsefalseSun May 11 00:00:00 -0700 2008Wed May 07 19:16:17 -0700 2008Sun May 18 15:50:50 -0700 2008 J.M. McDermott's debut Last Dragon is one of the books published under the new Wizards of the Coast Discoveries imprint. Discoveries includes novels by new authors in all types of speculative fiction instead of just epic fantasy with settings outside of the Forgotten Realms un...more...]]>
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Great try but it just did not gel together. Worthy enough for a read but it could have been so much better...]]>
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