The Iron Dragons Daughter (Magill’s Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature)
At a glance:
- Author: Michael Swanwick
- First Published: 1994
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Fantasy—magical world
- Time of Work: The 1990s
- Setting: Faerie
- Genres: Long fiction, Fantasy
- Subjects: Changelings or cuckoos, Folkloric or magical people, Magic or magicians, Other worlds, 1990’s, Dragons
- Locales: Mythical lands
The Plot
Jane, a human changeling, is a child laborer in a grim factory in Faerie, where dragons, which are huge, sentient war machines, are manufactured. Her companions there are supernatural beings lead by Rooster, a Puck-like figure who plots to use witchcraft to kill their cruel overseer, Blugg. While attempting to steal Bluggs nail parings from his office in order to carry out the murder, Jane finds and takes a grimoire containing the specifications for a dragon. Jane begins memorizing the grimoire in order to take power over a dragon who is mentally contacting her.
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