The Dragon and the Gnarly King

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In the seventh tale of Baron James de Bois de Malencontri, the Dragon Knight, his adopted son is kidnapped by his longtime rival, the earl of Cumberland, in cahoots with the king of the Gnarlies, faeries with an agenda of their own and a taste for meddling in human politics. In both human and dragon forms, Baron James has his work cut out for him, and he and his wife, Angie, are still struggling to reconcile late-twentieth-century and medieval (also magical) realities. Faster paced than some of its predecessors, with more adventure and less humor, this series member is as well written, for Dickson is a writer who would never, even under threat of death, fail to do his homework. It will definitely hold series fans, even if it wins no new converts. Roland Green