The Dragon's Carbuncle

The Wizard's War #3

by Elizabeth H. Boyer

Leifr must accomplish an incredible feat and perform a loathsome task to rescue his wizard friend, Thurid, from the Fire Wizards' Inquisition and his beloved Ljosa from the evil wizard, Sorkvir.

Genres: Fantasy, Dragons

311 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published June 1, 1990

Reviews

[Mike (the Paladin) · Rating 4 out of 5]

I got this book close to 20 years ago as I did most of Ms. Boyer's books. This series of books is a good read if you can find them. Even though they have gone out of print if you run across them you'll see they're great reads.

[Richard · Rating 3 out of 5]

"Did you trust me so completely that you didn't think that one day I'd turn against you?"

While this book has more adventure than the previous "Curse of Slagfid", it still falls short of "The Troll's Grindstone".

There is also a change in tone in this book that I din't particularly care for, there is an underlying of sentiment that the age of magic is approaching its end and the age of technology is replacing it. In general, I prefer my fantasy books to be about fantasy and not about the dying age of magic.

I am not sure why Boyer felt that was necessary - it is certainly not present in any of Boyer's other books. Yes, it is true that her books are set in the Alfar realm, which is distinct, though overlapping (or parallel) to the Scipling (human) realm with the main distinction between them being that magic has been forgotten in the Scipling realm but reigns in the Alfar realm.