Star Rigger #05 - Dragon Rigger

✍ Scribed by Jeffrey A. Carver

• Publisher: Tor Books
• Year: 1993;1994
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 256 KB
• Edition: 1st mass market ed
• Category: Fiction
• ISBN-13: 9780812533231

✦ Synopsis

From Publishers Weekly

This intricate but bloated sequel to Dragons in the Stars blends two highly original universes, one SF, one fantasy. The Flux is the mutable hyperspace used by "riggers"--space-pilots--to cover interstellar distances. Somewhere in the Flux is a magical realm inhabited by talking dragons and other fantastic creatures who are locked in a cataclysmic war with a force known as the Nail of Strength. Although struck a heavy blow in the last book, this entity has more than recovered and now threatens even the universe beyond the Flux. The dragons' only hope is the female rigger Jael, who has fought beside them in the past and was prophesied to return as their savior. Jael is an appealing heroine, but, given her centrality, she appears in too few scenes. Despite a refreshingly unique setting and excellently realized characters, Carver's fantasy plot is standard and predictable, dragging on with little action and an excess of agonized internal monologues. Though it has some emotionally powerful moments, this work is weaker than its predecessor.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Library Journal

Star-rigger Jael LeBrae is drawn once more through hyperspace to the realm of dragons to lend her assistance in a war between dragons of light and darkness as the prophesied savior "from beyond." Carver collapses the boundaries between genres as he skillfully blends fire-breathing dragons with spacefaring humans in his latest epic saga set in his Star Rigger universe. Fans of dragon-based fiction will enjoy this fresh look at their favorite creatures. For most sf or fantasy collections.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.