The Dragon Masters (Magill’s Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature)
At a glance:
- Author: Jack Vance
- First Published: 1962
- Type of Work: Novella
- Type of Plot: Fantasy—invasion story
- Time of Work: The distant future
- Setting: A small region of the world of Aerlith
- Genres: Short fiction, Fantasy
- Subjects: Future, Other worlds, Dragons, Aliens, space
- Locales: Fictional planets
The Plot
Unaccountably, a sacerdote is found in the inner sanctum of Joaz Banbeck, lord and master of Banbeck Vale, breeder of dragons, and direct descendant of Kergan Banbeck, who had successfully withstood a previous raid from the reptilian “basics.” On the planet Aerlith, the sacerdotes are a mysterious hermetic culture living in secluded caves and bound to a creed of noninterference in human affairs. Joaz rushes to his study to find that the sacerdote has vanished through a concealed door.
The Banbecks have been vying with the Carcolo family for domination of the...
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