Book description
'Tis the season for treachery: The Earl of Somerset is throwing a
lavish Christmas feast, a revel above all others to celebrate the
holiday. But the Dark Powers have chosen this joyous time to launch a
massive offensive. An army of land-hungry trolls has laid siege outside
the Earl's fortress, while a nest of venomous traitors waits to hatch
its deadly plan from the inside. Now Sir James, the brave Dragon Knight,
must fight a battle unlike any he has ever known - a battle no man,
knight or dragon can win. Not even if he is all three in one. Gordon
R. Dickson (1923 - 2001) Gordon Rupert Dickson was born in Alberta,
Canada, in 1923 but resided in the United States from the age of
thirteen. Along with Robert A. Heinlein, he is regarded as one of the
fathers of military space opera, his Dorsai! sequence being an early
exemplar of both military SF and Future History. Dickson was one of the
rare breed of authors as well known for his fantasy as his SF - The
Dragon and the George, the first novel in his Dragon Knight sequence,
was shortlisted for the World Fantasy Award and won the British Fantasy
Award. Dickson's work also won him three Hugos and Nebula. He died in
2001.
