num_pages: 304
description: A tale of love, money, and family conflict--among dragons. A family deals with the death of their father. A son goes to court for his inheritance. Another son agonises over his father's deathbed confession. One daughter becomes involved in the abolition movement, while another sacrifices herself for her husband. And everyone in the tale is a dragon, red in tooth and claw. Here is a world of politics and train stations, of churchmen and family retainers, of courtship and country houses... in which, on the death of an elder, family members gather to eat the body of the deceased. In which the great and the good avail themselves of the privilege of killing and eating the weaker children, which they do with ceremony and relish, growing stronger thereby. You have never read a novel like Tooth and Claw.
language: English
title: Tooth and Claw
titlecomplete: Tooth and Claw
genres: Historical, High Fantasy, Science Fiction Fantasy, Adult, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Dragons, Fantasy Of Manners, Fantasy, Romance
ratings_count: 6384
awards: awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: World Fantasy Award
category: Novel
publisher: Tor Fantasy