The Dragonstar novels are a science fiction series by David Bischoff

David Bischoff

David F. Bischoff is an American science fiction and television writer.-General Background:Born in Washington D.C. and now living in Eugene, Oregon, Bischoff writes science fiction books, short stories, and scripts for television...

 and Thomas F. Monteleone

Thomas F. Monteleone

Thomas F. Monteleone is an American science fiction author and horror fiction author. His first novel, Seeds of Change was the lead-off title in the critically unsuccessful Laser Books line of science fiction titles , but he went on to become a popular writer of supernatural thrillers...

 that focuses on a race of evolved dinosaur

Dinosaur

Dinosaurs are a diverse group of animals of the clade and superorder Dinosauria. They were the dominant terrestrial vertebrates for over 160 million years, from the late Triassic period until the end of the Cretaceous , when the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event led to the extinction of...

s with spacefaring technology. The individual books in the series are Dragonstar (1980), Day of the Dragonstar (1983), Night of the Dragonstar (1985), and Dragonstar Destiny (1989). Aside from the appearance of Reptilian humanoids, the Dragonstar novels do not have any link to the more recent roleplaying game system Dragonstar

Dragonstar

Dragonstar is a futuristic magic-meets-machine campaign setting created by Fantasy Flight Games for Wizards of the Coast's D20 role-playing game system. The setting describes a galaxy under the dominion of the Dragon Empire...

.