The Dragon Knight

Through no fault of his own, the once human Jim Eckert had become a dragon. Unfortunately, his beloved Angie had remained human. But in this magical land anything could happen. To make matter worse, Angie had been taken prisoner by an evil dragon and was held captive in the impenetrable Loathly Tower. So in this land where humans were edible and beasts were magical—where spells worked and logic didn't—Jim Eckert had a big, strange problem.

The Dragon Knight is the second book of Gordon R. Dickson's Dragon Knight series. The novel begins five months after the battle at Loathly Tower which took place in The Dragon and the George.

In The Dragon on the Border, Sir James, the Dragon Knight, faces his most terrifying challenge—the Hollow Men, spirits of the dead in empty suits of armor. Their weapons are all too real, and a slain Hollow Man can be resurrected within two days. As long as one of their unholy number endures, no Hollow Man can ever truly die. It's a battle that could test any dragon. Not to mention a knight. Or an American. Or all three in one!

Baron Jim is in the thick of it again. Somehow he's found himself taking on England's oldest enemy—the French—who have entered into an unholy alliance with a most fearsome horror: the mighty serpents of the deep underseas. Nobody has battled them before; nobody even realized they could leave the sea. And with the serpents as their allies it's only a matter of time before the French invasion succeeds—unless Baron Jim can stop them.

Tis the season for treachery: The Earl of Somerset is throwing a lavish Christmas feast, a revel above all others to celebrate the holiday. But the Dark Powers have chosen this joyous time to launch a massive offensive. An army of land-hungry trolls has laid siege outside the Earl's fortress, while a nest of venomous traitors waits to hatch its deadly plan from the inside. Now Sir James, the brave Dragon Knight, must fight a battle unlike any he has ever known—a battle no man, knight or dragon can win. Not even if he is all three in one.

Gordon R. Dickson continues his acclaimed saga of a twentieth-century American transformed into a Dragon Knight—and transported into a fantastic medieval adventure! The Dragon Knight's journey to the Holy Land is supposed to be a simple quest . . . but pirates, sea giants, and the legendary Djinn threaten to make his voyage the most dangerous odyssey known to man—and dragon.