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title = "Dragon's Winter - Elizabeth A. Lynn"
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date = 2019-08-14
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updated = 2021-02-12
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[taxonomies]
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tags = ["books", "reviews", "fantasy", "elizabeth a lynn", "stars:3",
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"published:1997"]
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[Goodreads Summary](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22746453-dragon-s-winter):
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Karadur and Tenjiro are twin sons of Kojiro Antani, the dragon lord of Ippa.
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But only Karadur, whose name means "fire-bringer," bears the blood of the
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dragon in his veins. His younger brother, Tenjiro or "Heaven's hope," was
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second out of the womb and is the weakest and smallest of the two. As the
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twins grow to maturity, Karadur is anxious to attain the promise of his blood
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and transform into the dragon he is capable of becoming. But Tenjiro, who
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bears the scars of Karadur's claws, resents his older brother and, on the eve
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of Karadur's transformation, steals the talisman that makes the change
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possible. That same night he disappears, fleeing to a distant, icy realm where
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he will reemerge as a powerful wizard bent on destroying his older brother.
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But Karadur, lord of Dragon Keep, is prepared to go to war against Tenjiro,
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and it's likely only one will survive. --Craig Engler (less)
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{{ stars(stars=3) }}
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A fantasy book with changelings, a feud between brothers and a medieval
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setting.
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The problem? It is too cliché.
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Sure it's a simple read, but the amount of clichés, like the big baddie, the
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corruption of a character by some supernatural power, the character with an
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immense power that he needs to learn how to control, even the freaking "let me
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build a character you'll cheer for and I'll kill them" is there.
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