The Dragon of Despair
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The Dragon of Despair is a 20004 fantasy novel, third of six in Jane Lindskold
's wolf series.
The third novel in the Firekeeper Saga begins about a year after Wolf's Head, Wolf's Heart. It can be read without having read the preceding novels in the series, although doing so will inevitably create spoilers.
The Healed One of New Kelvin has wed, and his new bride is an old enemy of Firekeeper's. Then, on a visit home to her wolf family, Firekeeper makes an ugly discovery. In order to barter for King Tedric's assistance in securing her people's safety, Firekeeper must agree to be his agent on a spying mission into a land now ruled by someone who would gladly see her dead.
Masquerading as part of a trade envoy led by Lady Elise and Lord Edlin, Firekeeper returns to New Kelvin. Their guide is a traitor; they escort a child driven insane by her mother's cruelty -- and these are among the least of their problems. Unknown to them, someone is seeking to awaken a power that once defeated armies, a power known in legend as the Dragon of Despair. In the end, Grateful Peace ends up taking possession of the dragon, and the settlers are driven out.
Jane Lindskold
Jane M. Lindskold is an American writer of fantasy and science fiction short stories and novels.Jane M. Lindskold was born in 1962, at the Columbia Hospital for Women. She is the first of four siblings: Ann M. Lindskold Nalley, Graydon M. Lindskold, and Susan M. Lindskold Speer. Lindskold's...
's wolf series.
The third novel in the Firekeeper Saga begins about a year after Wolf's Head, Wolf's Heart. It can be read without having read the preceding novels in the series, although doing so will inevitably create spoilers.
The Healed One of New Kelvin has wed, and his new bride is an old enemy of Firekeeper's. Then, on a visit home to her wolf family, Firekeeper makes an ugly discovery. In order to barter for King Tedric's assistance in securing her people's safety, Firekeeper must agree to be his agent on a spying mission into a land now ruled by someone who would gladly see her dead.
Masquerading as part of a trade envoy led by Lady Elise and Lord Edlin, Firekeeper returns to New Kelvin. Their guide is a traitor; they escort a child driven insane by her mother's cruelty -- and these are among the least of their problems. Unknown to them, someone is seeking to awaken a power that once defeated armies, a power known in legend as the Dragon of Despair. In the end, Grateful Peace ends up taking possession of the dragon, and the settlers are driven out.
See also
The books in the series are as follows- Through Wolf's EyesThrough Wolf's EyesThrough Wolf's Eyes is the first book in the Firekeeper Saga by Jane Lindskold.- Complete Plot Summary :Firekeeper only vaguely remembers a time when she didn't live with her “family”, a pack of "royal wolves" – bigger, stronger, and smarter than normal wolves.Now, after years in the wild, a group...
(2001) - Wolf's Head, Wolf's HeartWolf's Head, Wolf's HeartWolf's Head, Wolf's Heart is the second book in the Firekeeper Saga by Jane Lindskold.- Plot summary :Brought up by intelligent language-using Royal wolves, Firekeeper was found by humans and has yet to learn of human politics, diplomacy and more. Her other name is 'Lady Blysse'.After the three...
(2002) - The Dragon of Despair (2003)
- Wolf CapturedWolf CapturedWolf Captured is a fantasy novel by Jane Lindskold.-Series:Other books in the series are:# Through Wolf's Eyes # Wolf's Head, Wolf's Heart # The Dragon of Despair # Wolf Captured # Wolf Hunting...
(2004) - Wolf HuntingWolf HuntingWolf Hunting is a novel in the Firekeeper Saga series by Jane Lindskold.-Synopsis:Here, ancient magics reveal themselves. The whole group is smitten with querinalo, and Truth the jaguar comes out a little worse for the wear...
(2006) - Wolf's BloodWolf's Blood-Synopsis:It is revealed here that Blind Seer is a Once Dead sorcerer himself, which explains his blue eyes.One of the twins is executed for treason, and The Meddler is rebuffed once and for all.-Series:Other books in the series are:...
(2007)