Dragonkin

by Robin Wayne Bailey

Book Overview

THE FIRST VOLUME OF A MAJOR FANTASY TRILOGY."Dragonkin follows admirably in the tradition of Watership Down, Redwall and other fantasies in which creatures heroically face obstacles with the best... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0743458540
• ISBN13: 9780743458542
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: iBooks
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 8.1"

Customer Reviews

The Best Book

This book is awesome. The plot is interesting and each time you get hooked on a new chapter it goes to a new chapter. It makes you want to keep on reading, I couldn't put this book down, its great.

MISS THIS AT YOUR PERIL!

GIVE THIS GUY AN AWARD! this book is by far the most intriguing and enthralling i have read in a long time and as a consiquence i've spent weeks trawling the net to pre-order the sequal. it follows the tale of a trio of dragon triplets, an insane humming bird and the last unicorn who are rudely awakened from their sleepy little forest by human loggers who kidnap a friend. It makes for profound reading and echos Watership Down. i would strongly reccomend this to anyone even vaguely interested in the fantasy ganre or who have read the Redwall serise.

Wonderful Book! Robin is a wonderful story teller!

I bought this book on a whim because I was intrigued by the idea of a book from the point of view of the dragons and mythical creatures of fantasy. It turned out to be a great book and a wonderful story!! I even preordered the sequel! :)Robin Wayne Bailey is a wonderful story teller and the characters are very loveable! I could easily imagine Marina (introduced in the prologue) recalling stories to her child of the adventures of the animals of Wyrvenwood. People who argue that the "real life" based jokes are "stupid" are taking things meant to cause the reader to smile a little to seriously. Besides I can recount numerous other fantasy novels that do similar things, The Xanth Series by Piers Anthony for instance! Throughout the book the animals discover more about life outside Wyrvenwood, humans, each other, and ultimately themselves. The reader can really feel for the characters and grow to love them!"There isn't a drop of magic left in the world, my friend, and yet I wish there were. We long for it, and we hope, sometimes we dream that maybe over the next hill, or in the next valley, or on some high mountaintop there's still just a little bit left - if we could just find it." -- Marian the Unicorn.Thank you Robin, for showing us just a little drop of that magic in your wonderful book and allowing us to dream a little more!

An Alternate Reality

Wow. What a story and adventure. Robin's way of humanizing these dragons and other creatures had me caught up in an alternate reality full of fun. They became so real and human I could identify with many of them from my own perspective. I would catch myself, one minute rolling on the floor laughing at the antics of Bubble, a tiny hummingbird, who just about steals the story, and crying the next. A true fantasy: very Bailey, very good, very worth reading.

Delightful Discovery!

I found this completely by accident while looking for another book, but when I saw the cover and the price I couldn't pass it up. Am I glad I didn't. It's wonderful! The dragons are as fully developed as any human characters could be. So are all the other creatures, the gryphons in a nastier but fun way. The story is almost stolen, though, by Bumble the Hummingbird. At times this book is almost heart-breaking, but at other times it makes you laugh out loud. The forest of Wyvernwood is a very interesting and mysterious place with all sorts of fantasy creatures and real animals live together. I read it to myself, but I fully intend to read it again to my daughters.