King's Dragon by Kate Elliot
December 28th 2006 07:29
King's Dragon by Kate Elliot
King's Dragon is the first novel of Kate Elliot's Crown of Stars series. It's universe is based on medieval Europe where Christianity in the form of church is the dominant political power. Other powers like Darian (Roman), Arethousan (Greek) and Janni (Arabic) have all vanished leaving traces of their past power as magic. Magic, of course , rigourously controlled by the Church.
Therefore, Liath a girl with magic in her blood is zealously guarded by her father. Hugh a devious but charming brother of Church who seeks to learn sorcery is after them. When her father is killed and his debts are too overpowering for her, Liath is sold as a slave to Hugh. Their angle develops into a highly interesting BDSM act.
On the other side, Alain is a young man brought up as a fosterling by a merchant, who is dedicated to the Church. But he wants to see the world before frocking and the chance comes when a local chatelaine comes scouting young men for war.
The fates of these both is set against a dynastic struggle between Henry, the king of Wendar and Varre and his sister Sabella who is raising a rebellion against him. Henry has three children of his own but his heart is set on his bastard child called Sanglant who leads the king's personal army called Dragons. The fates of these three young persons makes up the plot of the novel. It's intricate, with an elaborate cast and vividly drawn action and intrigue.
When I picked it up, I thought it would be too standard to be interesting. But, it's been rather a pleasant surprise.
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