The Dragon Business by Kevin J. Anderson Paperback Book

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Author: Kevin J. Anderson

Narrator: James Langton

Format: Unabridged-CD

Publisher: Brilliance Audio

Published: Apr 2015

Genre: Fiction - Fantasy - General

Retail Price: $14.99

Discs: 8

Synopsis

King Cullin may be known as "the Dragon Slayer," but he fears his son's legacy will be as "King Maurice Who Speaks with Proper Grammar." The boy keeps his nose buried in parchments, starry-eyed at the idea of noble knights and eager to hand royal gold to any con man hawking a unicorn horn. Tonight, though, Cullin will educate the prince in the truth behind minstrels' silly songs of glory…

Long ago, in a kingdom, well, not that far from here really, young Cullin traveled the countryside as squire to brave Sir Dalbry, along with Dalbry's trusted sidekick Reeger, selling dragon-protection services to every kingdom with a coffer. There were no dragons, of course, but with a collection of severed alligator heads and a willingness to play dirty, the trio of con men was crushing the competition. Then along came Princess Affonyl.

Tomboyish and with a head for alchemy, Affonyl faked a dragon of her own, escaped her arranged marriage, and threw in with Cullin and company. But with her father sending a crew of do-gooder knights to find her, the dragon business just got cutthroat.

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BookLender review by Manda on 2015-06-09 11:14:07

I liked it. It was light and easy to read.It’s in a Knights of the Round Table setting, but they periodically throw serious anachronisms into the speech patterns in a very funny way. For example, they’ll be talking about pageboys and serving wenches and then a character will reference talking to “the castle’s HR department”.