Dragon Coast by Greg van Eekhout

Dragon Coast: the sequel to Greg Van Eekhout's California Bones and Pacific Fire, in which Daniel Blackland must pull off the most improbable theft of all.

Daniel's adopted son Sam, made from the magical essence of the tyrannical Hierarch of Southern California whom Daniel overthrew and killed, is lost-consumed by the great Pacific firedrake secretly assembled by Daniel's half-brother, Paul.

But Sam is still alive and aware, in magical form, trapped inside the dragon as it rampages around Los Angeles, periodically torching a neighborhood or two.

Daniel has a plan to rescue Sam. It will involve the rarest of substances, axis mundi, pieces of the bones of the great dragon at the center of the Earth. Daniel will have to go to the kingdom of Northern California, boldly posing as his half-brother, come to claim his place in the competition to be appointed Lord High Osteomancer of the Northern Kingdom. Only when the Northern Hierarch, in her throne room at Golden Gate Park, raises her scepter to confirm Daniel in his position will he have an opportunity to steal the axis mundi-under the gaze of the Hierarch herself.

And that's just the first obstacle.

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Praise for this book

For California Bones

"Wonderfully imaginative." —Booklist, starred review

"I both love and am terrified by Greg Van Eekhout's vision of Los Angeles. I already want to go back. "—John Scalzi, Hugo Awardwinning author of Old Man's War

"Van Eekhout's combination of caper novel and urban fantasy packs a wallop….Highly recommended."—Library Journal, starred review

For Pacific Fire

"Set in the same world as California Bones, van Eekhout delivers another engaging adventure that, surprisingly for the genre, doesn’t require readers to have read the previous book. Readers will empathize with Sam as he longs to be a “normal” boy and tries to find his place in the world, and the magic system van Eekhout has created continues to fascinate." — RT Book Reviews, 4.5 star review

“A creative magic system, a fictional SoCal that actually contains Latinos, power struggles, friendship, family, a dash of romance, air travel, land travel, sea travel, someone from a boy band — this book has it all!”

— Lightspeed Magazine

“Van Eekhout’s voice has grown stronger in Pacific Fire and he’s locked onto a snappy hu-mor that serves as a foil for the stakes he keeps raising. He manages to do what fantasy should, which is use the unreal to show us truths about how humans work.”

— Locus

For Dragon Coast

"Van Eekhout finishes off this trilogy in a manner that satisfies readers even as it leaves them wondering — in other words, he allows the perfect platform for telling more stories in this world."

— RT Book Reviews, 4.5 star review

"This volume marks a welcome return to the kind of heist plot that made Van Eekhout's debut, California Bones, so captivating. The author's fantastic ear for dialog is often well employed in snark, especially between Daniel and his friend and fellow thief Moth."—Library Journal

“…Strong writing from van Eekhout, with exciting magical battles and a difficult heist...”

— Publishers Weekly

About the Author

GREG VAN EEKHOUT is the author of California Bones, as well as a previous fantasy novel, Norse Code. He is also the author of two middle-grade SF novels, Kid vs. Squid and The Boy at the End of the World (a finalist for the Andre Norton Award). He lives in San Diego, California.

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Title: Dragon Coast
Author(s): Greg van Eekhout
Volume: 3
ISBN: 9781429951432
Copyright 2015
Release Date: September 15, 2015
Publisher: Tor Publishing Group
Countries: United States, Canada | Learn more about available countries
Language: English
Format: mobi,ePub | Learn More about our supported formats

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