Reviews
"A novel infused with the rhythms and magic of the sea. There are heroes and knights in armor and fair maidens, all living in a castle which is either haunted or simply alive... and it's none of it the way you thought it was going to be." -- David Drake, author of Monsters of the Earth "You got your castle, your princess, your dragon ...But wait. This is Cecelia Holland, the queen of lean and mean. So it's a real castle, a real princess, and a real dragon. And a real hell of a ride." -- Terry Bisson, author of Any Day Now "It takes a woman to reach the heart of a dragon as Cecelia Holland does in this dazzling account of a wild, inarticulate princess and a monster bent on destruction. The intrigues, the loves, the pitched battles that unfold in the crumbling kingdom she draws in Dragon Heart are as powerful--and as real--as any in her brilliant historical novels." -- Kit Reed, author of Where "Holland revisits the enthralling saga of Corban Loosestrife in this equally engaging sequel to The Soul Thief. Holland interweaves elements of romance, magic, and suspense into a superlative historical epic featuring a stoic hero often at odds with the all-powerful Viking warriors." -- Booklist on The Witches' Kitchen "In a lesser author's hands, this would all be so much epic-fantasy boilerplate. But Holland imbues her tale with an elemental, archetypal magnificence that's heightened even further by her lush, Gothic atmosphere and mystique. Her sentences are exquisite, and she renders scenes of sex and death with poetic, visceral power." -- NPR, "In a lesser author's hands, this would all be so much epic-fantasy boilerplate. But Holland imbues her tale with an elemental, archetypal magnificence that's heightened even further by her lush, Gothic atmosphere and mystique. Her sentences are exquisite, and she renders scenes of sex and death with poetic, visceral power." -- NPR "Holland revisits the enthralling saga of Corban Loosestrife in this equally engaging sequel to The Soul Thief. Holland interweaves elements of romance, magic, and suspense into a superlative historical epic featuring a stoic hero often at odds with the all-powerful Viking warriors." -- Booklist on The Witches' Kitchen "Holland's inspired combination of familial domesticity and political plotting changes moods neatly and repeatedly, managing to be cozy, horrific, and mythic by turns." -- Publishers Weekly, You got your castle, your princess, your dragon ...But wait. This is Cecelia Holland, the queen of lean and mean. So it's a real castle, a real princess, and a real dragon. And a real hell of a ride., A novel infused with the rhythms and magic of the sea. There are heroes and knights in armor and fair maidens, all living in a castle which is either haunted or simply alive... and it's none of it the way you thought it was going to be., Holland revisits the enthralling saga of Corban Loosestrife in this equally engaging sequel to The Soul Thief. Holland interweaves elements of romance, magic, and suspense into a superlative historical epic featuring a stoic hero often at odds with the all-powerful Viking warriors., "A novel infused with the rhythms and magic of the sea. There are heroes and knights in armor and fair maidens, all living in a castle which is either haunted or simply alive... and it's none of it the way you thought it was going to be." -David Drake, author of Monsters of the Earth "You got your castle, your princess, your dragon ... But wait. This is Cecelia Holland, the queen of lean and mean. So it's a real castle, a real princess, and a real dragon. And a real hell of a ride." -Terry Bisson, author of Any Day Now, In a lesser author's hands, this would all be so much epic-fantasy boilerplate. But Holland imbues her tale with an elemental, archetypal magnificence that's heightened even further by her lush, Gothic atmosphere and mystique. Her sentences are exquisite, and she renders scenes of sex and death with poetic, visceral power., It takes a woman to reach the heart of a dragon as Cecelia Holland does in this dazzling account of a wild, inarticulate princess and a monster bent on destruction. The intrigues, the loves, the pitched battles that unfold in the crumbling kingdom she draws in Dragon Heart are as powerful--and as real--as any in her brilliant historical novels.
