Last Dragon by J.M. McDermott
An intricate web of stories weave together to tell a tale of revenge, justice, ambition, and power. Zhan has been sent to find her grandfather, a man accused of killing not only Zhan’s family, but every man, woman, and child in their village. What she finds is a shell of a man, and a web of deceit that will test the very foundations of a world she thought she understood.
A tale of revenge that grows into something more, Last Dragon is a literary fantasy novel in the tradition of Gene Wolf and Gabriel Garcia Marquez. J.M. McDermott brings the fantasy genre to new literary heights with a remarkable first novel that reconstructs what you expect from an epic tale.
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Reviews:
- "Its call
for our participation in assembling a story from the novel’s brief
fragments and long silences reminds us why we read, makes plain the
interactivity that is at the heart of reading’s entertainment. Last Dragon literalizes our impulse to Story, to construct narratives out of our memories and circumstances"
--BSC Book Reviews, Matt Denault - "A
journey focused on revenge becomes an odyssey of self-discovery and of
the founding of an empire in blood and sacrifice. As Zhan searches for
her grandfather, a creature no longer human that has killed his entire
village, she travels in the company of Seth, a fire-breathing shaman;
Korinyes, a gypsy who is more than she seems; and Adel, a paladin
present at the slaying of the last dragon. McDermott's debut novel
requires careful reading to piece together a story told in nonlinear
form, as mercurial as memories and as visceral as death. This fantasy
adventure belongs in libraries where literary fantasy in the tradition
of Gene Wolf, A.A. Attanasio, and Gabriel García Márquez is popular."
--Library Journal, Jackie Cassada
Product Details:
Trade Paperback
380 pages
ISBN-13: 978-0984553556
Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.8 inches
Cover Artist:
Magdalena Broniecka
About the Author:
J.M. McDermott graduated from the University of Houston in 2002 with a BA in Creative Writing. He resides in Arlington, Texas with an assortment of empty coffee cups, overflowing bookshelves, and crazy schemes. Visit J.M. on the web at http://jmmcdermott.blogspot.com/.
