Dragonsbane (Winterlands #1) - Winterlands Book 1

Barbara Hambly

Open Road Media Sci-Fi & Fantasy

2011

352 páginas

11h 44m

ISBN-10: B004TC149G

As a vicious dragon stalks the Southlands, Crown Prince Gareth ventures to the forbidding North in search of the only man who can kill it. He is Lord Aversin, the Dragonsbane, whose dragon-slaying days have won him renown across the land. But when Gareth finds Lord Aversin, he discovers the mighty hero is squat and bespectacled, the ruler of a mud-village who admits that he killed the dragon not with a lance, but with ignoble poison. Still, he’ll have to do.

Gareth and Aversin set off in company with Jenny Waynest, a witch with great ambitions but disappointingly puny powers—a ragtag crew destined to become legendary, or die in the attempt.

Resenhas (1)

4.5 (Muito bom)

"She felt angry enough to curse them, but in her heart she knew that she could lay no greater curse upon them than to be what they already were."

Personagens muito bem escritos, tanto os principais quanto os secundários, com relações bem construídas. Me identifiquei com a Jenny, adorei o John e tive pena do Gareth, e ri bastante das interações entre eles. Mas as descrições são complicadas demais, além de desnecessárias, e as batalhas mentais excessivas. Apesar disso atrasar um pouco a leitura, a história e os personagens pra mim compensaram.