num_pages: 433
description: Never before published stories by New York Times bestselling authors Jonathan Stroud Gregory Maguire Garth Nix Diana Gabaldon and others. Whether portrayed as fire-breathing reptilian beasts at war with humanity or as noble creatures capable of speech and mystically bonded to the warriors who ride them dragons have been found in nearly every culture's mythology. In modern times they can be found far from their medieval settings in locales as mundane as suburbia or as barren as post-apocalyptic landscapesand in The Dragon Book today's greatest fantasists reignite the fire with legendary tales that will consume readers' imaginations.Includes the following stories: Dragons Deep - Cecelia Holland Vici - Naomi Novik Bob Chois Last Job - Johnathan StroudAre You Afflicted with Dragons? - Kage BakerThe Tsars Dragons - Jane Yolen and Adam StempleThe Dragon of Direfell - Liz Williams Oakland Dragon Blues - Peter S. Beagle Humane Killer - Diana Gabaldon and Samuel Sykes Stop! - Garth NixUngentle Fire - Sean Williams A Stark and Wormy Knight - Tad Williams None So Blind - Harry Turtledove JoBoy - Diana Wynne JonesPuzle - Gregory MaguireAfter the Third Kiss - Bruce CovilleThe War That Winter Is - Tanith LeeThe Dragons Tale - Tamore PierceDragons Storm - Mary RosenblumThe Dragamans Bride - Andy Duncan
language: English
title: The Dragon Book
publisher: Penguin