Touched By Venom: Book One of the Dragon Temple Saga - Softcover

Cross, Janine

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0451460790 ISBN 13: 9780451460790

Publisher: Roc, 2006

Synopsis

When she accidentally captures the dangerous attention of an eccentric dragonmaster, a rebellious Zarq Darquel and her delirious half-breed mother are forced to flee for their lives, until a vengeful Zarq, addicted to the dragon venom, must defy the social taboos of her society to foster a revolution. Reprint.

About this title

About the Author:

Janine Cross has published short fiction in various Canadian magazines and was nominated for an Aurora Award in 2002. Her mainstream fiction has appeared in newspapers and a local anthology, Shorelines. She has also published a literary novel.

From Publishers Weekly:

Set in Malacar, a land with a repressive patriarchal society that both worships and enslaves dragons, Cross's bold debut introduces headstrong nine-year-old Zarq Darquel, who lives a harsh but not completely unpleasant life as a member of the pottery clan on a dragon estate. When destitution forces her father to sell Waisi, Zarq's beautiful older sister, into sexual slavery, her mother, Kavarria, who belongs to the disdained Djimbi race, tries to save Waisi at all costs, but more tragedy follows. Zarq, her life governed by her mother's madness and obsession, eventually winds up as a sexually mutilated nun caring for retired bull dragons. Turning the fantasy cliché of the underdog girl who dreams of dragon-mastery into a grim but fascinating coming-of-age tale, Cross scratches only the surface of this richly detailed, well-imagined world. Hints of a plot involving social and religious revolution hold promise for future installments of the Dragon Temple saga.
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About this edition

• Publisher: Roc
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0451460790
• ISBN 13: 9780451460790
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 384