The Sword And The Flame. The Dragon King Saga. Book 3.

by Stephen Lawhead

Paperback, 1984

Status

Available

Call number

F Law

Publication

Lion Publishing

Collection

Description

Shattered by the death of a trusted friend, the abduction of his beloved son, and the loss of his enchanted sword, Quentin's faith is tested as he confronts his cruelest foe, Nimrood the Necromancer.

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LibraryThing member sirfurboy
This is the third of the Dragon King Trilogy by Stephen Lawhead. The evil necromancer, Nimrood, makes a return in this story and manages to kidnap Quentin's son. Thus a new quest is born. I think since writing these books, the author has learned something important about an antagonist. It is not
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enough just to have your characters tremble at the name of the antagonist - for a really delicious antagonist, there needs to be some deliberate and nasty thing done to the protagonist that really involves the reader. In this book I did not get that feel - but in later works by this author he does it wonderfully.

Wo this trilogy is really for Lawhead completists, but some less exacting readers than me could well enjoy the questing and the journey of discovery the characters go through. I can't wholeheartedly recommend it, but it is still a good story.
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Original publication date

1984

ISBN

9780856488757

Local notes

F Law
Acc # 1951
Book

Barcode

1732

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