Dragon Champion: Book One of The Age of Fire

By E.E. Knight

Book Overview

From the national bestselling author of the Vampire Earth series comes the first novel in an epic fantasy saga where dragons struggle to survive in an age of fire... High in the mountains, deep in the safety of a cave, a brood of dragons is born. The four young ones are among the last of a dying breed--the last hope for dragons' survival. But hope shatters when a murderous group of slave-trader dwarves breaks into the cave, leaving a wake of death and destruction... Only young Auron, a rare, defenseless gray dragon, manages to escape. Armed with nothing but his claws and a boundless determination to survive, he sets off in search of his kind. But to find other dragons--or, at least, find out who's killing them off--Auron will have to search a world of mercenary elves, vicious humans, and dangers of all kinds. Finding allies in the strangest places--and finding himself along the way--Auron is about to make the trek of a lifetime.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0451460472
• ISBN13: 9780451460479
• Release Date: December 2005
• Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

I dare you!

I'm not big into epic fantasy, though I loved Robin Hobb's Mad Ship trilogy and a few others. I picked up Dragon Champion because I had seen it several times on my way to another shelf to pick up my usual fare of dark/urban fantasies and paranormal thrillers. I opened it, planning to satisfy my curiosity and put it back, but it was not to be. This dragon snatched me into his world so easily I didn't realize it had happened...

Another winner from Knight

I have read all of the Vampire Earth novels and was a little startled to see that Knight had written a book about dragons. Not only about dragons but from a dragon's POV. I said WTH and picked it up. I was immediately entranced. The first chapter alone had me hooked. I read this book in two nights I only put it down to sleep. Like his Vampire Earth books this novel has all the elements of a great series. There were several...

Watership Down, Duncton Wood, Redwall and Now . . .

E. E. Knight's Dragon Champion continues the popular tradition of animal perspective fantasy, but instead of rabbits, moles, or other woodland creatures as the protagonists, he carries it a step further with an animal which itself is a fantasy - dragons. It's a very clever concept, and like Knight's Vampire Earth series, he executes the basic concept with wit, excitement and flair. Told from the viewpoint of Auron (later...

Wonderful book!

This is a wonderful book into a new world of dragons. It does not re-tell any old stories about dragon and their myths but creates a few of its own myths in the process. Auron is a young gray dragon survives through many different odds. Auron is a complex character that gives you the idea that he really is a dragon and not just a story about a dragon. Each part of the story that revolves around the dragon world that Auron...

Wonderful beginning to a set

If you wander by a set of books, simply the front cover will draw you to this book. Upon seeing the front cover, I immediately read the back cover. Auron is born with natural skill and cunning, enabling him to survive. He is the rare scaleless gray dragon, which means that he doesn't have an insatiable hunger for gold and gems like other dragons. His remaining brother that is allowed to live betrays his family and Auron's...