A Sword for a Dragon
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A Sword for a Dragon is a fantasy
novel
written by Christopher Rowley
. The book is the second in the Dragons of the Argonath series that follows the adventures of a human boy, Relkin, and his dragon, Bazil Broketail
as they fight in the Argonath Legion’s 109th Marneri Dragons.
As they continue their service to the Legion, Bazil acquires a new sword that is infused with the spirit of Ecator, an ancient black cat from the city of Tummuz Orgmeen. The 109th Marneri Dragons are dispatched down River Oon to the ancient land of Ourdh where an insurgency is being fueled by the Masters of Padmasa. Once in Ourdh the Legions are besieged in the city by a Mesomaster whom the Legions must overcome to survive and secure the safety of the Argonath.
Fantasy
Fantasy is a genre of fiction that commonly uses magic and other supernatural phenomena as a primary element of plot, theme, or setting. Many works within the genre take place in imaginary worlds where magic is common...
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Novel
A novel is a book of long narrative in literary prose. The genre has historical roots both in the fields of the medieval and early modern romance and in the tradition of the novella. The latter supplied the present generic term in the late 18th century....
written by Christopher Rowley
Christopher Rowley
Christopher Rowley is an American writer of both science fiction and fantasy novels.Rowley was born in 1948 in Lynn, Massachusetts to an American mother and an English father. Educated for the most part at Brentwood School, Essex, England, he became a London-based journalist in the 1970s...
. The book is the second in the Dragons of the Argonath series that follows the adventures of a human boy, Relkin, and his dragon, Bazil Broketail
Bazil Broketail
Bazil Broketail is a 1992 fantasy novel by author Christopher Rowley, the name of its main character, and the name of the further series of books featuring him...
as they fight in the Argonath Legion’s 109th Marneri Dragons.
As they continue their service to the Legion, Bazil acquires a new sword that is infused with the spirit of Ecator, an ancient black cat from the city of Tummuz Orgmeen. The 109th Marneri Dragons are dispatched down River Oon to the ancient land of Ourdh where an insurgency is being fueled by the Masters of Padmasa. Once in Ourdh the Legions are besieged in the city by a Mesomaster whom the Legions must overcome to survive and secure the safety of the Argonath.