Dragon Prince Trilogy by Melanie Rawn

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Submitted by Matt Langer 
(May 17, 2007)

Dragon Prince is the first, and perhaps best, book of a purely unique series that is in its essence, a combination of politics and romanticism. It tells deep lessons and requires heavy thinking ( at least for me) to understand all the character refrences. It is an intelligent book. Rohan, soon-to-be, Prince of the Desert is a shy, clever man who is scared of power. As events unroll and you get a clear understandig of him, you realize thats he's not anybody you have ever heard of. He does good things that you probably would never do, while he ends up doing bad things that you would never do. The book takes careful consideration into the world of politics. Rohan is not an all-powerul being who can smite any enemy he wants. When his enemies conspire he can't, althought Andry does, merely eliminate them. Because he has honor, he allows them to surface, reveal themselves then humiliate them publicly and force them into blunder. It is not your standard "yay dragons and lets kill them and use super magic beams..." magic is banned in fighting, it is used mostly in communication and protection. Perhaps the only thing it lacks in the Trilogy as a whole is a well-defined Anti-hero, although many people would understandably argue that Andry is an anti-hero. The books are long and at first glance you wish they were smaller, but as you get enchanted by Rawn's style, the only thing it lacks is more pages. Even getting everyone's perspctive from just about every event, you still cannot predict what might happen next. And just when it gets predictable in the third book, something goes totally against Rohan's plans that shock the reader, sortof. Well what are you waiting for, even if you hate fantasy and reject magic, you would still enoy the political games Rohan plays with his enemies.

I just finished reading the first trilogy. What can I say? I'm sad that I only have three more books to go in the series. This one is easily one of my favorite set of books. The character develpement was supreme, if not perfect; the world (geography, geneologies, etc...) is extrememly well thought out; and I absolutely loved the way she (Melanie Rawn) was able to make the reader almost become one with the story. She has characters you can love, characters you can hate right off, and characters that just become dispicable. Some die of plague, some are assassinated, some die of natural causes, and many others live on to tell the tale. Overall, this marvelous (in the true sense of the word) trilogy, spanning more than one generation, is definitely worth the read and money. In my opinion, Rawn has a fantasy masterpeice on her hands. Her story comes alive.

This series transports its reader to a deep and wonderous world full of hope and intelligence. The novels revolve around not only magic, but relationships, love, and betrayal. The reader is challanged to understand complicated concepts and ulterior motives. These novels are not simply books to be read and thrown aside, rather the reader will need to contemplate about the situations to fully understand the history and stories of these characters. I strongly recommend these novels to anyone, especially fantasy-lovers.