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Condemned to die for consorting with demons, dragonslayer Lord John Aversin sits in a dank prison cell and calculates the odds of escape, all the while smelling the smoke of the executioners' pyres. Far away in Winterlands, Jenny Waynest pays a heavy price for turning away from dragonkind and choosing to be human. She mourns the loss of her husband, Lord John even as she turns to face the dangers that engulf her family. But it is the season of the Dragon Star, and hope shines brightest in show more the dark. As a pitched battle between demons and humanity rages, Jenny and John will be given one last chance to understand all that has happened to them and why, who their true enemies and allies are, and most of all, who they were always meant to be. show lessTags
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So the series concludes, things are once again complicated but this story is more hopeful than the previous two and honestly I should have just stuck with having read and enjoyed Dragonsbane. There were times when the actions felt a little forced but overall the series ends on a hopeful note and was less grim than the previous two. Characters learn more about themselves and what they're capable of but also people are sometimes terrible to each other.
It wraps up the series and is worth reading if you've read 2 and 3 but if I was to return to the series I think I'd stick with just the first.
It wraps up the series and is worth reading if you've read 2 and 3 but if I was to return to the series I think I'd stick with just the first.
Lord John Aversin and Mage-wife Jenny Waynest confront demonic threats, rescue their son Ian, and navigate political intrigue.
John is imprisoned by enemies while trying to stop a new, darker wave of demons. The couple separates to fight against demonic forces that are tearing their world apart.
John is imprisoned by enemies while trying to stop a new, darker wave of demons. The couple separates to fight against demonic forces that are tearing their world apart.
An adequate ending to a series which unfortunately never managed to live up to the potential hinted at in its first book.
Full review (with spoilers) at my blog.
Full review (with spoilers) at my blog.
Disappointing - see my review http://www.dnsmedia.co.uk/reviews/bookreviews/1163
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Common Knowledge
- Original title
- Knight of the Demon Queen
- Original publication date
- 2000
- People/Characters
- Jenny Waynest; Lord John Aversin; Gareth of Magloshaldon; Miss Mab; Morkeleb the Black; Aohila the Demon Queen (show all 16); Ian; Adric; Mag; Amayon; Corvin NinetyfiveFifty; Trey; Bliaud; Ector of Sindestray; Folcalor; Polycarp
- Important places
- The Realm of Belmarie; Bel; The Winterlands; Prokep
- Dedication
- For Lester and Judy-Lynn with love
- First words
- The Demon Queen came in the dark hours before dawn; she shined in the blackness with the moony radiance of rotting wood.
- Original language*
- Englisch
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