Undersky

Dragonkin #3

by Robin Wayne Bailey

A final volume of the Dragonkin trilogy finds the race of Men and the war between Angar and Degarm threatening the Great Refuge, a situation that prompts the joining of the Diamond Dragon, Glass Dragon, and Heart of All Dragons so that the Dragonkin can find a new homeland.

Genres: Fantasy, Dragons

304 pages, Hardcover

First published October 28, 2005

About the author

Robin Wayne Bailey is an American fantasy and science fiction author and is a past president (2005-2007) of SFWA, the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. Robin also served as SFWA's South-Central Regional Director for nine years and has hosted three of SFWA's annual Nebula Awards weekends; two of those Nebula events were held in his home town of Kansas City, Missouri.

Bailey was one of the founders of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writer's Hall of Fame in 1996, which merged with Paul G. Allen's Vulcan Enterprises in Seattle in 2004 to become part of the Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame. Robin continues to serve on its annual induction committee.

Bailey graduated from North Kansas City High School, and received a B.A. in English and Anthropology and an M.A. in English Literature from Northwest Missouri State University.

Reviews

[Xerion567 · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book could be brilliant, if it could just focus on telling *one* story at a time, not 6 or 7 or however many it ended up splitting into. (I lost track!) In one part the scene completely changes over mid-chapter, mid-conversation. :x

It also had this really annoying habit of building up dramatic tension, and then abandoning the scene right as it hit its climax. Its even worse than those television shows that break to commercial, because it *never* actually comes back to where you left off. Instead when you finally do get back to that story, it just refers to the events that took place in past tense. (Yeah remember that really exciting thing that happened 4 or 5 chapters ago? Yeah lets not talk much about that...because who wants to know what happened anyways, right?)

Despite the awful continuity problems, there is some great, heartfelt writing here. I particularly enjoyed the story about Jake and Chan, such as there was of it.

Just one other thing to add- do not read the book jacket summary on this book if you do not want to be spoiled, it spoils a major event of the book.

In summary the book left me wanting of something that was just put together better. I feel like the author could write a really good story if he could just stick to one at a time.

[Timothy Pitkin · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great conclusion and unlike most trilogies it does not try to make a sad or tragic ending to make a point instead it makes a happy ending and makes a point. And just because this is the last book does not mean that it skimps out on everything in fact it adds alot of twist and turns and actually makes a great twist ending that made me smile. It has been a long time since I actually liked how a series ends. And I hope I am wrong and this isn't the end because this is enough in this world to make more stories as we don't know everything and their are character backgrounds that I would love to be explored. Please make a book focused on Stormfire, he is such a important character but we still know so little about him.

[Martha · Rating 3 out of 5]

Be warned: if you can't stand the puns, stay out of the forest!

[Melanie]

I like it very much and I wish I could find a copy of the 4th book.