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Welcome to Mithgar, Dennis L. McKiernan's classic bestselling fantasy series of adventure where legends are forged in the fires of sorcery.... For as long as she can remember, the Elven Lady Arin has been besieged by visions from the past--or the future. But none has ever left her so shaken as the one that foretells the fall of Mithgar: images of raging dragons and brutal legions laying waste to everything in their path signifying a devastating war that will threaten the land. There is show more more to the prophecy than a warning--riddles within the vision that Arin must decipher if she is to prevent the forthcoming destruction. And it will take a journey across countless leagues--connected to a relic of immense power known as the Dragonstone--to find the answers to Mithgar's salvation.... show lessTags
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I enjoy all of the Mithgar books, especially those like The Dragonstone where he sets out to write more about his world and less like a LOTR copy.
According to the chronology of Mithgar this is the first book in the series even though it was not the first to be published. This is a really excellent example of the fantasy genre. McKiernan admits to being heavily influened by J.R.R Tolkien and you can see this most truly in the Mithgar series. His elves and halflings have much the same flavour to them as Tolkiens and if you are a Tolkien fan many things will seem familiar to the world of Mithgar. I would reccomend this highly to fans of the genre.
This is my brother's favorite book. I couldn't quite get into it, but since he raves about it endlessly I couldn't feel good about myself unless I gave it a few stars. He says it starts off slow, but that the series as a whole is unbelievable...
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Dennis L. McKiernan was born in Moberly, Missouri on April 4, 1932. After a tour with the U.S. Air Force, he received a B.S. in electrical engineering from the University of Missouri in 1958 and an M.S. in electrical engineering from Duke University in 1964. He worked at AT&T Bell Laboratories in research and development for 31 years before show more becoming a full-time author. He began writing novels in 1977 while recuperating from an accident. His novels include The Iron Tower Trilogy, The Silver Call Duology, The Eye of the Hunter, The Caverns of Socrates, Once Upon a Winter's Night, and Silver Wolf, Black Falcon. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title
- The Dragonstone
- Original publication date
- 1996 (copyright) (copyright); 1997-09 (1st mass market printing) (1st mass market printing)
- Epigraph
- "Perhaps, Ferai, you are along to make us believe that we indeed have free will."
"And perhaps, Burel, you are along to make us believe we do not." - Dedication
- To my brother Larry Edward and to my friend of more than fifty years Richard Lee rose and to all of our kindred and friends everywhere, from those we've known the longest to those we've yet to meet
- First words
- Lightning stroked the night, the glare flaring through the narrow windows, thunder rolling after.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Finally, concerning free will versus predestination: Ferai and Burel never settled their debate . . . and neither has anyone else.
- Blurbers
- Robertson, Jennifer
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- English
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- ISBNs
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