Dragon's Winter

Born to the shape-shifting dragon king of Ippa, twin brothers Karadur and Tenjiro share an ancestry, but not a bloodline. Only Karadur carries dragon blood, destined to one day become a dragon and rule the kingdom. In an act of jealous betrayal, Tenjiro steals the talisman that would allow Karadur to take his true dragon form and flees to a distant, icy realm. Now, years later, Tenjiro has reappeared as the evil sorcerer Ankoku. His frozen stronghold threatens to destroy Dragon Keep, and Karadur must lead his shape-shifting warriors on a journey to defeat his brother and reclaim his destiny. With Dragon's Winter, World Fantasy Award–winning author Elizabeth A. Lynn returns with the kind of richly drawn characters and intricate worlds her fans, both old and new, will love.

In Dragon's Winter, dragon-lord Karadur Atani returned from a deadly battle, finally able to take his true dragon form. But can the peace he found in defeating his treacherous brother translate into peace within himself? In order to rule his kingdom, Karadur must find a balance between his desire to be a merciful leader and the destructive power of his dragon-changeling nature. Perhaps love can provide the answer. As a lover, Maia-an herbalist from the Unamira clan of outlaws-can produce a dragon-changeling heir for Karadur. But her half-brother Treion poses a threat to the kingdom. Can Kandarur find compassion for the outlaw, or will his dragon aspect drive him toward the vengeful madness that overtook his father? With Dragon's Treasure, World Fantasy Award–winning author Elizabeth A. Lynn continues to build an imaginative medieval world filled with both magic on a grand scale and the very human complexity of daily life.

From a two-time winner of the World Fantasy Award: The complete series praised by George R. R. Martin as "the sort of fantasy we don't see enough of . . . a treat." A dragon lord seeks to claim his birthright and fulfill his destiny in this epic duology. Dragon's Winter: Born to the shape-shifting dragon king of Ippa, Karadur is destined to one day become a dragon and rule the kingdom. But in an act of jealous betrayal, his twin brother, Tenjiro, stole the talisman that would allow Karadur to take his true dragon form, and fled to a distant, icy realm. Now, years later, Tenjiro has reappeared as the evil sorcerer Ankoku. His frozen stronghold threatens to destroy Dragon Keep, and Karadur must lead his shape-shifting warriors on a journey to defeat his brother-and reclaim his destiny. Dragon's Treasure: As the new lord of Dragon's Keep, Karadur Atani must unleash his dragon's vengeance when foul murder in the countryside demands justice. He destroys the outlaw Unamira clan without mercy, but two members of the family survive his wrath. Karadur will take one as a lover in order to soothe his troubled heart-and produce the dragon-changeling heir he so fervently desires. The other, his new lover's half brother, will pursue the criminal life he was born into, becoming a threat to the fragile peace of the dragon lord's realm.