Dragonsbane
Barbara Hambly
BALANTINE Books, May 1987
ISBN: 0-345-34939-3 (paperback)
When the Black Dragon seized the Deep of Ylferdun, young Gareth braved the far Winterlands to
find John Aversin, Dragonsbane—the only living man ever to slay a dragon. In return for the
promise of the King to send help to the Winterlands, Aversin agreed to attempt the nearly
impossible feat again.
With them, to guard them on the haunted trip south, went Jenny Waynest, a half-taught sorceress
and mother of Aversin's sons.
But at the decadent Court, nothing was as expected. Rebellion threatened the land. Zyerne, a
sorceress of seemingly unlimited power, held the King under an evil spell, and he refused to see
them. Meantime, the dragon fed well on the knights who had challenged him.
In the end, Aversin, Jenny, and Gareth had to steal away at night to challenge Morkeleb, largest
and wisest of dragons.
But that was only the beginning of the perils they must face.
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