The Dragon Circle: Dragon Burning (Dragon Circle/Craig Shaw Gardner) - Hardcover

Gardner, Craig Shaw

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0441003656 ISBN 13: 9780441003655

Publisher: Ace, 1996

Synopsis

The ordinary people of Chestnut Circle have become pawns in the never-ending fight between the wizards Nunn and Ober, but the Dragon has awakened, with fire beyond anyone's control, and the wizards' struggle to control the ultimate power has ended.

About this title

From Kirkus Reviews:

Wrapping up Gardner's trilogy (Dragon Sleeping, 1994; Dragon Waking, 1995) wherein an entire street full of families from suburban Chestnut Circle have been transported by a vast, ancient dragon to an otherworld of operating magic that's inhabited by contending wizards, warriors, cheerleaders, tree-beings, talking birds, etc. While the wizardly brothers Nunn and Obar indulge themselves in the same aimless tussling over possession of magic ``dragon's eyes'' that characterized volumes one and two, the more levelheaded of the suburbanites try and persuade everybody to cooperate, for now the dragon is awake and approaching and will burn the world to cinders unless they can deflect it. The subplots are much as before (the bad guys fight, hurt people, or kill them from sheer malice, and torment their children; the good guys calm things down and keep as many people alive as possible). Various other entities--Lawn gods, an Oomgosh, the dwarfish Anno--flit here and there but aren't given anything significant to do, while the loquacious Raven turns out to be God, sort of. And even for trilogy devotees, the non-ending will prove deflationary and disappointing. Enough gas to lift a zeppelin, but no substance whatsoever. -- Copyright ©1996, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.

From Publishers Weekly:

"There is a dragon, the most fearsome of beasts, a creature who with a single breath can lay waste to the world." In this conclusion to the Dragon Circle trilogy (Dragon Sleeping; Dragon Waking), neighbors from the tidy suburban street of Chestnut Circle continue their adventures in the magical reality to which they've been mysteriously transported, and which the dragon is about to destroy. The neighbors meet and befriend or fight many unusual characters?including wizards, a mythic Raven and armies of wolves and red-furred apes?often battling over magical jewels called dragon's eyes. The Chestnut Circle crew undergo transformations both psychological and physical: one boy becomes a nature spirit called the Oomgosh; a cranky old man becomes "the lawn god." Told in deceptively simple prose, the narrative moves quickly, adding new twists to traditional fantasy elements. And though this is the conclusion to the trilogy, new readers need not fear; Gardner provides enough background, and writes clearly enough, to make them feel right at home.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Ace
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0441003656
• ISBN 13: 9780441003655
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 368