By Sandy Amazeen Apr 9, 2007, 16:11 GMT
Zarq Darquel returns in the final volume of the Dragon Temple Saga to confront her continuing addiction to dragon venom while trying to make a place for herself at the dragon estate she won. Unfortunately, women are forbidden to own property thus forcing Zarq to place the care of her estate in the hands of a weak, unpredictable ruler. With Zarq’s former overlord obsessed with finding her, she is forced into hiding among a group of hardworking, downtrodden native people where the brutality of Temple law becomes personal. In a spur of the moment prison escape, Zarq becomes a key figure in the upcoming revolution and learns the secret to hatching rare bull dragons. Prophesy places Zarq in the crosshairs as her mother, sister, a fanatical overlord, a dragon master and the Skykeeper come together in a massive finale that will see an end to the old Temple run regime or crush the revolution once and for all.
This often brutal, fast paced fantasy with a feminist twist deals with the complex issues of dysfunctional families, slavery, racism, drug addiction, sexuality and government corruption. The protagonists are strong yet flawed, the antagonists thoroughly dislikeable and the storyline well thought out and fully realized. The action grabs your attention from the start and doesn’t let go making for a thrilling conclusion to the trilogy.
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