The Dragon Token

Dragon Star Series, Book 2

By: Melanie Rawn

Narrated by: Christa Lewis

With her best-selling fantasy trilogy, Dragon Prince, Melanie Rawn introduced us to Sunrunner's magic and sorcerous evil, to a ruler striving to bring peace to warring kingdoms - and to her magnificent dragons.

In Stronghold, the first novel in Rawn's Dragon Star trilogy, the peace won by High Prince Rohan is shattered when a mysterious invasion force begins a devastating campaign against the people of the Desert.

Now, in The Dragon Token, the time for retreat has come to an end as Rohan's son and heir, Pol, rallies his forces in a desperate bid to halt the advance of the invaders. But ancient rivalries begin to weaken his alliance and only time will tell whether those loyal to the High Prince can defeat both the foreign invaders and the betrayers in their own ranks.

And even as Pol leads his troops forth, Andry, the Sunrunner Lord of Goddess Keep, is also determined to take the attack to this enemy force which has sworn to slay all workers of magic.

Yet the invaders have their own agenda of conquest, and they are even now readying to strike at the very heart of the Desert, stealing treasures which Pol and Andry would pay any price to reclaim - even if the price should prove to be their own lives....

©1992 Melanie Rawn (P)2019 Tantor

Doesn’t Disappoint!!!!!

I have read these books countless times over the years. Melanie Rawn is one of my favorite fantasy writers. Listening to them is like hearing them for the first time again. What a wonderful experience.. I highly recommend!!!

Much more than a token

This 2nd (or 5th) session of the tale of the dragons and the many humans fighting around them continues to entrance this reader as Melanie Dawn builds her epic masterpiece.
Christa Lewis continues her 5 star performance of narrating the audio version that brings alive all the emotions and life force of every scene in this tale.
I patiently await the completion of this astounding tale as a child awaits the bedtime book the parent reads each evening that stirs wonderful scenes of one's imagination.

I have enjoyed the entire series.

I found the book very enjoyable. I love the way other ways to live life are introduced in fictional worlds. This series did not disappoint. The story with it’s action and interaction with characters was also enlightening.

Love this series!

great story, excellent narrator, i wish there were more books to it! Christa is possibly the best narrator I've listened to.

Great series!

Out of all of the series that I read, I would consider this my favorite! I lost my set to a house fire unfortunately. I have started to replace them digitally. I still have a ways to go, I don't want to start rereading the collection until it's complete. I wish that I was able to get a hardbound set. I would make it a center piece for the ambiance of my entertaining area.

Amazing story

I’ve loved this series for 20 years now and have read it enough times my paperbacks literally fell apart. This is my first re-read via audiobooks and they are excellent. Same story I’ve always loved, and yet a new way to experience it. The narrator is so good, I’ve laughed and I’ve cried while listening. Characters are consistently portrayed and emotions are translated into the listening. Cannot recommend enough for lovers of fantasy!

Lots of troop movements

A classic Shameless Middle Book, which starts and ends in the middle of a war and is filled with troop movements and battles. I suspect that the physical book had maps in the front and back, and without them, it becomes very hard to visualize who is converging with whom or who is chasing or retreating to where. Also continues the issue of ever-expanding cast, many of whom seem to have been introduced as red shirts, meaning we get a lot of back-story for a couple of scenes that kill a minor prince I won’t miss. In a lot of ways, it’s about the horrors of war generally, and about how they educate or change some of our younger characters.

Anyway, I’ll finish the series because I’m invested in the main characters and in the questions that have driven all of the Dragon Prince books. But this was my least favorite so far.