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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 show more 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.... show lessTags
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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; show more 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. show less
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; show more 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. show less
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Christopher Golden is the co-author of The Watcher's Guide and several Buffy the Vampire Slayer books, and the author of many other adult and teen thrillers. He is also a comic-book writer and pop-culture critic. (Bowker Author Biography) Writer Christopher Golden was born and raised in Massachusetts, and later graduated from Tufts University. show more Golden has held many positions in various places in the entertainment industry, including Billboard magazine, American Top 40, the Billboard Music Awards, and BPI Entertainment News. He was also editor of Cut!: Horror Writers on Horror Film, which won the Bram Stoker Award for Criticism. Golden has written several young adult fiction books including Buffy the Vampire Slayer (co-wrote), X-Men: Mutant Empire, Of Saints and Shadows, Angels Souls and Devil Hearts, as well as several Star Wars projects. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Hellboy: The Dragon Pool
- Alternate titles
- The Dragon Pool
- People/Characters
- Hellboy; Abraham "Abe" Sapien
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