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The Dragons of Babel Author(s) Michael Swanwick Country United States Language English Genre(s) Fantasy novel Publisher Tor Books Publication date January 2008 Media type Print (Hardback) Pages 320 pp ISBN ISBN 0765319500 (hardcover) OCLC Number 156818846 Dewey Decimal 813/.54 22 LC Classification PS3569.W28 D73 2008 The Dragons of Babel is a 2008 novel by American author Michael Swanwick, set in the same world as his earlier work The Iron Dragon's Daughter (1993). It follows the plight of a young man named Will Le Fey after a crippled dragon takes up residence in his town and inside his mind. Like The Iron Dragon's Daughter, the novel subverts fantasy tropes while it explores the extremely dark and gritty world of Faerie.
The Dragons of Babel was nominated for the Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel in 2009.[1]
Plot
Following the same time period as the Iron Dragon's Daughter; a crippled dragon crawls to a village in Avalon, somewhere in Faerie minor, and crowns himself king. He makes young Will his lieutenant and by night, he crawls in the young fey's mind to get a measure of what his subjects think. But, the dragon’s arrival sets Will on a life-changing adventure where he will encounter danger, deceit, and a truth that was conceived with his birth.
Later on, Will travels with Centaurs, acquires a surrogate daughter named Esme who has no memory of her past and may be immortal, witnesses the clash of Giants, and travels to Babel as a refugee. There, Will rises as underground politician, and finds his one true love, a high elven woman to whom he dare not aspire.
References
- ^ "2009 Award Winners & Nominees". Worlds Without End. http://www.worldswithoutend.com/books_year_index.asp?year=2009. Retrieved 2009-08-05.
Related links
- Tor Books information page.
- The Dragons of Babel at Worlds Without End
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