
Dragonsbane
An idealistic young prince convinces an aging warrior and a struggling witch to help him kill the dragon that is terrorizing his kingdom. 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.
- Publisher
- Open Road Media
- ISBN-13
- 9781453216866
- Genre
- Topics
- Dragon slayingHeroism vs realityMagic and self-doubt
Awards
- Locus Award for Best Fantasy NovelShortlisted(1987)
- Locus Award for Best Fantasy NovelShortlisted(1986)
- Mythopoeic Fantasy Award (1971-1991)Shortlisted(1986)
Other awarded books from Barbara Hambly
- Dog Wizard (1993)0 wins · 2 score
- Dragonshadow (2009)0 wins · 2 score
- Knight of the Demon Queen (2009)0 wins · 2 score
- Mother of Winter (1997)0 wins · 2 score
- Prisoner of Midnight (2019)0 wins · 2 score
- The Ladies of Mandrigyn (2011)0 wins · 2 score
- The Magicians of Night (1992)0 wins · 2 score
- The Rainbow Abyss (2011)0 wins · 2 score
- The Witches of Wenshar (2011)0 wins · 2 score
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