Books 2009: a fabulous dragon

[hawkwing_lb]

Books 2009: 103


103. Daniel Fox, Dragon in Chains.

I have stayed awake in this after-midnight to finish this book. I started it a little over three hours ago. It is lucid, luminous, fabulous, and I do not think I would have appreciated it half so much if I had not just finished reading a book on Chinese history: that cultural milieu is the very heart of this book, with its fleeing boy-emperor and its fisher-girl concubine and the jade and the dragon.

Especially the jade and the dragon.

It just sweeps you up and carries you along. Someone tell me what the sequel's name is, and can I have it now?

Comments

[desperance.livejournal.com]

The sequel is called Jade Man's Skin (http://www.danielfox.net/), and technically you have to wait till February. On the other hand, I know a nice man who might be inveigled into sending you an ARC, if I can persuade him that you will trumpet its virtues all over the internets and everywhere.

Email me your contact details? Chaz at chazbrenchley dot co dot uk will always find me in.

[hawkwing-lb.livejournal.com]

Daniel Fox is undoubtedly a very nice man, if a very thin cover identity.

I would have sung Dragon in Chains's praises more thoroughly, but it was 0330, and, well, you know. I'm surprised I spelled all the words right. :)

You should be receiving an email from bourkeen at gmail very shortly: how could I possibly ever say no to the possibility of a sequel to such a fantastic book?

(Since I at least mention every book I read here, and - oh, you have reminded me. I must tell my Czech climbing mate about Dragon in Chains, since he likes all things east of India.)