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Hellboy: The Dragon Pool

by Christopher Golden

Series: Hellboy (Novel 06)

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Hellboy, a bloodred, cloven-hoofed demon raised by the United States government, is a top field agent for the Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense. He questions the unknown -- then beats it into submission. In the upper reaches of the Himalayas, Hellboy's ex-girlfriend, archaeologist Anastasia Bransfield, believes she has found the location of the legendary "Dragon King Pool" -- thought to be the ancient dwelling of an evil dragon who inflicted horrific devastation on the land and its people. Every year the villagers would sacrifice a child to placate the beast, until one day an unlikely hero fought the dragon and won, bringing peace and prosperity to the land. But Anastasia's triumph at her discovery is short-lived. Soon unearthly creatures are seen lurking around the dig site, someone is sabotaging the excavation with dire results, and the young daughter of one of the dig leaders goes missing. It looks like a job for Hellboy -- but his toughest challenge might be putting his past with Anastasia behind him....… (more)
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I really enjoyed this one. It's the second of Christopher Golden's Hellboy stories I've read (the other one being Bones of Giants) and I really like the grasp he has on the world.

One thing I like about this one is getting to see more of Hellboy's relationship with Anastasia Bransfield. She's had the occasional mention in other tales, but in this one we actually get to see the history between these two and how they interact a few years after their romantic relationship has ended. I also like that Golden decided to go into how they met, because that's just a fun story in itself.

Along with the Anastasia/Hellboy relationship, the actual events of the story are great as well. We've got dragon-men, the spawns of human/dragon crossbreeding; the great Dragon King, a menace to the whole world that must be stopped; and a dwarven warrior monk who, legend says, took out the Dragon King the first time and might be waiting to finish the job. You know, the kind of thing you expect out of a Hellboy yarn. ( )
  regularguy5mb | Jan 23, 2015 |
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Hellboy, a bloodred, cloven-hoofed demon raised by the United States government, is a top field agent for the Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense. He questions the unknown -- then beats it into submission. In the upper reaches of the Himalayas, Hellboy's ex-girlfriend, archaeologist Anastasia Bransfield, believes she has found the location of the legendary "Dragon King Pool" -- thought to be the ancient dwelling of an evil dragon who inflicted horrific devastation on the land and its people. Every year the villagers would sacrifice a child to placate the beast, until one day an unlikely hero fought the dragon and won, bringing peace and prosperity to the land. But Anastasia's triumph at her discovery is short-lived. Soon unearthly creatures are seen lurking around the dig site, someone is sabotaging the excavation with dire results, and the young daughter of one of the dig leaders goes missing. It looks like a job for Hellboy -- but his toughest challenge might be putting his past with Anastasia behind him....

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