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A Sword for a Dragon (Bazil Broketail)

Christopher Rowley

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Customer Reviews:
Total reviews: 8 Average rating: 5.0 of 5

The second book was good. 5 out of 5 stars.
5 of 5 people found this review helpful.

I read this book with vigor, that's usually something i dont do. After i read the first book Bazil Broketail, i couldnt put this one down. The story didnt skip anything. when i started reading it it felt like i wasnt reading a new book. Plus i was also surprised by some characters that were there and, was glad to hear of new ones. although i thought the first book was better. this one is right up there. I did finish this book a while ago i just never got around to writing this review. look for my other review. Dragons of War, and Bazil Broketail

Great 5 out of 5 stars.
3 of 3 people found this review helpful.

I love this book. This is my favorite Bazil and Relkin book. What I really love about this book is the scale. The entire book is on a grand scale, everything is huge from the battles to the city of Ourhd. I wish they would print the series again.

Editorial Review:

Eager for action against the enemy forces, Bazil Broketail and his human boy are delighted to discover that, during their absence, a new sword has been crafted for Bazil--one more powerful than the one he lost.

Dragon Ultimate (Bazil Broketail)

Christopher Rowley

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Customer Reviews:
Total reviews: 11 Average rating: 3.5 of 5

Relkin and Bazil final adventure in the last gripping novel 4 out of 5 stars.
6 of 6 people found this review helpful.

I have always been a big fan of Chistorpher Rowley Bazil Broekn tail series since I first stumbled on to it. I was saddened however when reading this that this would be thier last adventure. The tale picks up months after returning from Qoush and stopping the revolt from within the empire by the hands of the Dominator. Relkin of Qoush still trying to figure out his new found power has no time to ponder he and his dragon the well known and feared battle dragon Bazil Brokentail (aptly named for the end of his tail looks to be broken when it healed back after being cut off in practice) The sisters have sent Relin and Bazil to an island of monks who would teach them both how to send themselves to another plane of existance and fight the Dominator last plan. I won't give to much away on this for those reading this review. Needless to say it was interesting and the only reason I did not give this a five star review was that fact that one it was much shorter then the other novels before that. Two its pace was very quick and didn't have the usual full scale detail as the others did. But it had a point that this focused on Relkin and Bazil. The other novels had many view points from the others of the fighting 109th battle dragons and the various enemies and heros that would populate the world of the battle dragons. All in all this is really ment for the fans who loved reading the book. I hope if Mr. Christhoper Rowley reads these things of even gimpes through it would be nice to see a follow up to this. Who knows we may see Relkin children following in ther fathers footsteps or even Bazil offspring of wild dragons join the empire. Or even see who from the fighting 109th surived to join Relkin in making thier own village? We may never know at this point but still for some a fine ending to a wonderful series. To others a rather dull and somewhat pointless way of ending a fine series. I just hope this review was helpful in some way.

Editorial Review:

The dragonboy Relkin looks forward to his retirement from the Legion and his impending nuptials. But with the Empire of the Rose weakened by plague, the bloodthirsty Deceiver amasses an army powerful enough to finally destroy his ancient enemies, the High Ones. Relkin and the legendary battledragon Bazil Broketail must make a final stand to protect their world from the most devastating evil imaginable.

Dragons of War (Bazil Broketail)

Christopher Rowley

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Total reviews: 11 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

THIS BOOK IS GREAT 5 out of 5 stars.
2 of 2 people found this review helpful.

Hello,I have been reading the Basil Broketail books since I was 10.I have read them all at least 6 times.I currently own 2 out of the series.This one is my favorite.From the fight to mate with Highwings to the fight with the snake-like demon at the end.

Superb 5 out of 5 stars.
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This was the first book I got in the Bazil Broketail series - and I was enthralled. Of course, I had to skip the first chapter to get past the boring story of Thrembode in Padmasa, but after reading this book, I was firmly hooked. I own every book in this series and have worn 2 sets of them out and I'm working on my third now. I could say that I've read each book approximately 100 times each - yes, they are THAT good. The entire series is excellent, and if you like fantasy stories or novels that make you laugh and cry - these are the ones for you.

Editorial Review:

The shadows of evil sweep down across the peaceful land of Argonath as the Masters prepare to unleash dread monstrosities on the world, and only Relkin and dragon Bazil Broketail stand between the forces of darkness and Argonath's survival.

Battledragon (Bazil Broketail)

Christopher Rowley

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Total reviews: 6 Average rating: 5.0 of 5

An amazing novel with an original story and excellent plot. 5 out of 5 stars.
8 of 10 people found this review helpful.

WOW! I was hoping that this book would never end as I read it. This was truly the best book in the Bazil Broketail series and is one of the best books I have read from my second favorite author.(JRR Tolkien is my favorite). An excellent story with a tragic ending (until the next book), Battledragon was a very entertaining book.

Christopher Rowley is God 5 out of 5 stars.
5 of 8 people found this review helpful.

This is a nother great book from the Bazil Broketail series. I have been reading science fiction and fantasy all my life, but these books are truly in a league of their own. Never will you see another series like this.

Battledragon in comparison with his other works. 4 out of 5 stars.
4 of 10 people found this review helpful.

Battledragon was an excellent book. It is a continuation of the Bazil Broketail series. It is not as good as the other five books because it lacks the drama the other books have. I rate all the other books 5 stars. Although my name is also the title of the book, it does not refer to this book alone, but all the books and the dragons themselves, being that they are "battledragons". I hope that Rowley writes a sequel to his last book, because there needs to be one.

Editorial Review:

In the wake of a legendary prophet's return, the Master of Darkness plots a new attack against the Empire of the Rose, forcing Bazil the battledragon and his dragonboy Relkin into a dangerous confrontation.

The Dragons of Argonath (Bazil Broketail)

Christopher Rowley

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Total reviews: 14 Average rating: 5.0 of 5

STILL HAS ME HOOKED 5 out of 5 stars.
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THE STORY GETS BETTER AND BETTER. HAVE NUMBER SEVEN IN THE SERIES AND I AM RE-READING THE WHOLE SAGA OVER AGAIN. YOU NEED TO READ THESE BOOKS, AND SOMEDAY SOMEONE SHOULD MAKE A MOVIE OUT OF THEM.

Editorial Review:

Battle-scarred and weary, Bazil Broketail and dragoneer Relkin have finally returned home to great celebration. But their peace is short-lived, as the winds of war blow once more across their native land. And as an ancient evil draws the Empire to the brink of annihilation, Relkin must rely on his own untested and frightening magical powers - powers he may not be able to control!

* Over 400,000 copies of Christopher Rowley's Roc books in print!
* Dragons of Argonath is the sixth book in Roc's bestselling Bazil Broketail series
* Christopher Rowley is the author of over a dozen science fiction and fantasy novels
* Rowley won the Compton Cook Award for Best Fantasy Novel
* We have another novel in the >Bazil Broketail series coming from Christopher Rowley
* Spectacular cover art by Daniel Horn

Bazil Broketail

Christopher Rowley

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Total reviews: 37 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

An Unknown Classic 5 out of 5 stars.
4 of 4 people found this review helpful.

I love this book, this book is singlehandedly the one thing that made me such an avid reader. This book is a very original piece centering around a sword wielding dragon and his dragon boy. If you read this book expecting the dragon to be an intelligent creature almost like a human, you might be sorely disappointed, but that is still no reason to put this book aside. It is a fresh new look on fantasy and has extremely realistic characters and scenerios and worth the read. However, later books in the series get a little boring and tired out.
The people who may not enjoy this appear to be the ones not open to new ideas or a change of scenery in the fantasy world. So if you like your classic fantasy tales, then avoid this book. But if you like the oddball fantasy about a sword swinging dragon, then read this.

Editorial Review:

Aided by a hideous new terror of unbelievable cruelty known only as The Doom, the Dark Masters of Padmasa kidnap Princess Besita, the heir to the throne of Marneri, and it is up to Bazil to save her.

A Dragon at Worlds' End (Bazil Broketail)

Christopher Rowley

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Total reviews: 12 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

Great, imaginative book! 4 out of 5 stars.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful.

This book had Everything! Some of the other reviewers thought it was like "Lost World". Actually, it was clearly inspired by "Tarzan The Terrible", the 8th book of the Tarzan Novels by Edgar Rice Burroughs.

I loved seeing the realms created by the minds of men. I loved how Bas became a general! (trust me, that's not a spoiler).

It got a little esoteric at the end, but TOTALLY fabulous book. It's rare that even really good books inspire my dreams as much as this one did.

A Great Book! 5 out of 5 stars.
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As a great fan of Science Fiction and Fantasy I have sampled some of the greatest works of leading authers and I must say that this book is a gem among it's kind. Never have I read a book more thrilling then this. You have to read this book if you enjoy the Dragons of Pern!

one of the best in the series 5 out of 5 stars.
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this book, was a great continuation, of the previous book. the way rowley describes the people relkin find, it's as if you can see them in your head. it also reminds me of one of my favorite movies, Jurrasic Park. It has been a while since i last read the book, but i am starting the series over again, and i cant wait till i get to this book again. i do suggest you read it if you enjoyed the other books, cause in my opinion this is maybe the best book of all of them.

Editorial Review:

Bazil and his dragoneer, Relkin, find themselves lost in the trackless jungle of the Ardu, and Relkin is kidnapped while protecting the Ardu from their Elven-mage slavers, leaving Bazil alone to rescue everyone.

Wizard and the Floating City (Bazil Broketail)

Christopher Rowley

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Total reviews: 5 Average rating: 3.5 of 5

Read only if you like _Bazil Broketail_ 3 out of 5 stars.
2 of 2 people found this review helpful.

This book wasn't a very good read, but it wasn't terrible, either. It is useful in that it shows the reader more of the Bazil Broketail universe, and fleshes out some of the geography of the region. Reading this book between _Dragon at World's End_ and _Dragons of Argonath_ will help, as the latter book somewhat builds on the _Wizard_ and keeps the same "bad guy". So, while you shouldn't read this as your first Rowley book, it does have its redeeming qualities. Definitly not a stand alone.

Excellent Myth, excellent Bildungsroman for the young reader 5 out of 5 stars.
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Well first I think it is plain cheeky to critique a novel if one has yet to write one - not to mention write one succesfully. I notice other reviewers do not suffer from this compunction. Anyway, what a wonderful story. It teaches (without a hint of didactism - the bane of wannabe fantasy novelists) all of the key elements that will shape a Hero and that are so lacking in our X-generation. Self-sacrifice, valor, courage, chivalry, the character of evil and the character of good. Yes, the the 'sophisticated' post-modern reader (many from the haunts of the N-East and California, for some reason) will find this appraisal somehow naive - but then so would Waakzaam the Great. Well, well, for those who have ears to hear, this is a story to read, experience and live if you can! Wonderful reading! Have fun!

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Narrowly escaping the treachery that has stolen his throne, Prince Evander finds himself in exile, trapped in the middle of an epic conflict between good and evil that will determine the fate of fabled city of Monjon and its beautiful princess, Serena.

Ancient Enemy: The First Book of Arna

Christopher Rowley

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Total reviews: 11 Average rating: 4.0 of 5

Compensation for the loss of Bazil Broketail 5 out of 5 stars.
7 of 9 people found this review helpful.

I was quite unhappy when I found out that the last chapter of Bazil Broketail had been told. Indeed, I have quite the mind to re-read that series again -- I tried to before, but I went through one of those episodes where you lose the book and have forgotten about it by the time you find it again.

Though I was saddened, I swiftly forgave Christopher Rowley and grabbed his next book -- this. I feel a sort of kinship with the main characters of his books. It is quite amazing, as in some (if not most) aspects, I cannot relate to them at all; they're very distant. However, they're just so well crafted that I can't help it.

Christopher Rowley is one of the authors daring enough to reawaken more modern ideas. In series like Dragonlance, the Gods are forged with Chaos, the very essence of the father of the gods in Greek mythology. In Rowley's books, we have not one, but rather three examples of monotheism. Few in our realm have dared to actually use one God; it's bland. Rowley doesn't fear this, but instead weaves this idea with many other new ones (cruel colonization of an empire via wiping out the continent's inhabitants; chi, aka kyo; dinosaurs living in a 'lost' continent; foreign diseases such as malaria; surgeon(s) conscious of the existence of germs... the list goes on. Rowley rips us away from our worlds where the one who made the world (Thor) favors the dwarves, drinks heavily and has a hammer and beard. He hides from us our illusions of polytheism, powerful magic and clerics. He, instead, gives us horribly weak (AND more realistic) magic, one god and clerics better known as "men wielding bandages."

I applaud Christopher Rowley.

Beyond his reawakening of truth, he expresses further greatness; he creates; he picks up where truth left off. He uses his creativity to build upon his columns of truth. He invents. His books are an alloy of reality and creativity. Rowley also has the ability to describe situations as they are, not as he wishes them to be. In his great battles, where 1000's march against 1000's, there's never a massacre! The enemy retreats, and Rowley gives a realistic number of the dead and a realistic number of the injured.

The first book of Arna is the first book that should be on your bookshelf. If you don't believe me, just ask my talking toaster.

Editorial Review:

Young watermot Thru Gillo left behind the life of a farmer and became a student of the Assenzi, a race of scholars. Among them, he learned the history of his race and of how Man the Cruel destroyed the world before disappearing into the mists of time and legend.

Or have they disappeared..?

Praise for the work of Christopher Rowley:

"The culture of the battledragons and the dragon-boys is fascinating...will surely please his fans."-- Kliatt

"Christopher Rowley's flair for the dramatic and the comedic makes him beloved in the genre."-- BookBrowser

The Shasht War: The Second Book of Arna (Arna (NAL))

Christopher Rowley

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Total reviews: 5 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

THe first good enough for a second 4 out of 5 stars.
3 of 7 people found this review helpful.

The first Rowley book I read was "The Ancient Enemey" The first book of Arna, which I started as detention reading freshman year. I found the first to be a rather passing read with interesting points that caught me just at the right time before I tossed the book away. I never finished it. The Shasht War, I found to be even better than the first, mainly because of the whole war time atmosphere. I find the world of Arna to be amazingly intriguing if only it could've veered from the "far future de-evolved into medieval" formula. The formula isn't really smacked in your face so it never gets in the way except at the Questioner meetings. I recommend this book as an enjoyable read with gritty combat scenes and wonderful troop movement descriptions. The only thing really lacking in this book is the level of detail and description, failing in some respects, but succeeding in others. I cannot help but comment once again on the wonderfully bad-@$$ world that Mr. Rowley has created, complete with jaw dropping fantasy societies and those weird little Chook birds.