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The Stargods #3
Dragon's Revenge
Three brothers take shelter on a pretechnological world where dragons are worshiped as gods. When the off-world forces they have fled track them down, they must find a way to save the world they've made their own.
432 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published November 1, 2005
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Irene Radford
127 books135 followersAlso uses C.F. Bentley, Phyllis Irene Radford, Julia Verne St. John, Rachel Atwood, Phyllis Ames, P. Irene Radford and P.R. Frost.
Irene has been writing stories ever since she figured out what a pencil was for. Combining a love for Medieval history and a fascination with paranormal, Irene concentrated on fantasy writing.
In her spare time, Irene enjoys lacemaking and is a long time member of an international guild. Check out THE LONELIEST MAGICIAN, The Dragon Nimbus #3 for an exploration of her favorite obsession. A piece of magic lace is the obvious patch for a dragon wing. She has published numerous magazine articles about the history and technique of lacemaking as well as self publishing two lacemaker's fairy tales with lace patterns that can be made up to illustrate the stories. When she isn't writing or making lace she enjoys exploring the back roads and many museums of the Pacific Northwest.
For many years Irene was active in Ballet du Lac, a semi-pro ballet company. She taught ballet to youngsters in her local community school program. At the same time she led a Cub Scout pack and frequently found her home the preferred playground in the neighborhood for many more children than she thought possible.
Irene has held many full and part time jobs from Insurance underwriter to assistant curator of a museum to clerk in a fabric store. Writing is now her “day job.”
Two years ago, Irene took up fencing as research for GUARDIAN OF THE FREEDOM, Merlin’s Descendants #5. She figured one quarter would give her some vocabulary and a feel for a weapon in her hand. But that wasn’t enough to write realistic battles on the Ottoman frontier or convincing duels. So she signed up for another quarter. And another. Now she’s addicted and needs to add fencing to more of her books and let her subjects range further afield.
A native Oregonian living in Oregon, Irene is a member of an endangered species. As a service brat, she lived in a number of cities throughout the country until returning to Oregon in time to graduate from Tigard High School. She earned a B.A. in history from Lewis and Clark College, where she met her husband, Tim. Historical research has remained a lifelong passion and finally became a part of her job with the historical fantasy series Merlin’s Descendants.
Irene and her husband currently make their home in Welches, Oregon where they share their back yard with deer, coyotes, bear (check the pictures), raccoons and too many bird species to mention.
Irene has been writing stories ever since she figured out what a pencil was for. Combining a love for Medieval history and a fascination with paranormal, Irene concentrated on fantasy writing.
In her spare time, Irene enjoys lacemaking and is a long time member of an international guild. Check out THE LONELIEST MAGICIAN, The Dragon Nimbus #3 for an exploration of her favorite obsession. A piece of magic lace is the obvious patch for a dragon wing. She has published numerous magazine articles about the history and technique of lacemaking as well as self publishing two lacemaker's fairy tales with lace patterns that can be made up to illustrate the stories. When she isn't writing or making lace she enjoys exploring the back roads and many museums of the Pacific Northwest.
For many years Irene was active in Ballet du Lac, a semi-pro ballet company. She taught ballet to youngsters in her local community school program. At the same time she led a Cub Scout pack and frequently found her home the preferred playground in the neighborhood for many more children than she thought possible.
Irene has held many full and part time jobs from Insurance underwriter to assistant curator of a museum to clerk in a fabric store. Writing is now her “day job.”
Two years ago, Irene took up fencing as research for GUARDIAN OF THE FREEDOM, Merlin’s Descendants #5. She figured one quarter would give her some vocabulary and a feel for a weapon in her hand. But that wasn’t enough to write realistic battles on the Ottoman frontier or convincing duels. So she signed up for another quarter. And another. Now she’s addicted and needs to add fencing to more of her books and let her subjects range further afield.
A native Oregonian living in Oregon, Irene is a member of an endangered species. As a service brat, she lived in a number of cities throughout the country until returning to Oregon in time to graduate from Tigard High School. She earned a B.A. in history from Lewis and Clark College, where she met her husband, Tim. Historical research has remained a lifelong passion and finally became a part of her job with the historical fantasy series Merlin’s Descendants.
Irene and her husband currently make their home in Welches, Oregon where they share their back yard with deer, coyotes, bear (check the pictures), raccoons and too many bird species to mention.
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May 28, 2020
8/10
A satisfying conclusion to the Stargods Trilogy and a tighter, more action-filled story than the previous books.
A satisfying conclusion to the Stargods Trilogy and a tighter, more action-filled story than the previous books.
August 20, 2020
This book is a mess. Nothing is deeper than it seems or, frankly, interesting at all. There are so many ideas that are started and never go anywhere. . The author forces things on the characters just to reinforce her messages, which she keeps shoving down your throat. The most promising character for an interesting story was thrown out immediately when she was . Most annoyingly, there is so much insipid garbage about falling in love with your heterosexual significant other that I considered throwing this book in the lake.
You never learn anything about the dragons. They’re there, but you never get to explore their civilization or motivations and their characterization is contradictory.
You never learn anything about the dragons. They’re there, but you never get to explore their civilization or motivations and their characterization is contradictory.
September 12, 2017
Good conclusion to the Stargods trilogy.
The narrative was a bit heavy at some points due to carrying several different narrative perspectives and storylines, but never so heavy that it became cumbersome or caused me to lose track of where I was with regards to the central plot and flow. The melding of science fiction and fantasy worked well, and I appreciated the author's explanation of ley lines as central to the unfolding of psi-powers and the 'magical' phenomena of Kardia Hodos.
With the exception of the "Children of the Nimbus" trilogy, Radford has drifted away from her Dragon Nimbus world in recent years in favor of other projects. I would like to see a sequel trilogy featuring these characters and continuing the history of Kardia Hodos and Coronnan. I think that there is still a lot of potential at this point, but I can only cross my fingers and hope that the author revisits one of my favorite fictional worlds.
The narrative was a bit heavy at some points due to carrying several different narrative perspectives and storylines, but never so heavy that it became cumbersome or caused me to lose track of where I was with regards to the central plot and flow. The melding of science fiction and fantasy worked well, and I appreciated the author's explanation of ley lines as central to the unfolding of psi-powers and the 'magical' phenomena of Kardia Hodos.
With the exception of the "Children of the Nimbus" trilogy, Radford has drifted away from her Dragon Nimbus world in recent years in favor of other projects. I would like to see a sequel trilogy featuring these characters and continuing the history of Kardia Hodos and Coronnan. I think that there is still a lot of potential at this point, but I can only cross my fingers and hope that the author revisits one of my favorite fictional worlds.
April 16, 2012
It was an ok ending to the trilogy. The author had to maneuver a bit to get all her family characters in the same location and ready to be cut off from the greater galaxy. It was overall enjoyable and creative but it felt like there could have been something more.
May 28, 2021
5 star - Perfect
4 star - i would recommend
3 star - good
2 star - struggled to complete
1 star - could not finish
4 star - i would recommend
3 star - good
2 star - struggled to complete
1 star - could not finish
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