Dragonsbane (Magill’s Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature)
At a glance:
- Author: Barbara Hambly
- First Published: 1986
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Fantasy—heroic fantasy
- Time of Work: The late medieval period
- Setting: The Realm of the King, Winterlands, and Belmarie
- Genres: Long fiction, Fantasy
- Subjects: Folkloric or magical people, Antiheroes, Witches or witchcraft, Heroes or heroism, Middle Ages, Dragons
- Locales: Mythical lands
The Plot
Although Dragonsbane refers to Lord John Aversin of Alyn Hold, the only living man to have slain a dragon, the story centers on Jenny Waynest and the dilemma she faces in being both a human being and a mage. This dilemma first arose ten years before the time of the plot, when Jenny met and fell in love with John, and reaches its climax after Prince Gareth comes to the Winterlands, a province of King Urien’s realm, to recruit the aid of the Dragonsbane in ridding the Deep of Ylferdun of the black dragon. Reluctantly, Jenny and John, the north country scholar...
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