In a moving story of sacrifice and triumph, human scientists establish a relationship with intelligent lifeforms--the cheela--living on Dragon's Egg, a neutron star where one Earth hour is equivalent to hundreds of their years. The cheela culturally evolve from savagery to the discovery of science, and for a brief time, men are their diligent teachers . . .

In a moving story of sacrifice and triumph, human scientists establish a relationship with intelligent lifeforms--the cheela--living on Dragon's Egg, a neutron star where one Earth hour is equivalent to hundreds of their years. The cheela culturally evolve from savagery to the discovery of science, and for a brief time, men are their diligent teachers . . .

Men could never live on such a star; only by the most advanced technology can humans exist in synchronous orbit to observe it. The surface gravity is an incredible sixty-seven billion times that of Earth, with matter so compressed that the mass of a normal star is packed into a crusted sphere only twenty kilometers in diameter. A magnetic field two trillion times that of Earth ...(展开全部)

The third volume of the My Father's Dragon trilogy, this adventure may be enjoyed on its own. Here, the baby dragon summons Elmer to help save his family from hunters. "Elmer's plan is ingenious and plausible, the fantasy well-sustained."--(starred) Library Journal.

The dragons are gone, the powerful magics that broke the world diluted to little more than parlour tricks, but the kingdoms of men remain and the great game of thrones goes on. Lords deploy armies and merchant caravans as their weapons, manoeuvring for wealth and influence. But a darker power is rising - an unlikely leader with an ancient ally threatens to unleash again the mad...(展开全部)

All paths lead to war... Marcus' hero days are behind him. He knows too well that even the smallest war still means somebody's death. When his men are impressed into a doomed army, staying out of a battle he wants no part of requires some unorthodox steps. Cithrin is an orphan, ward of a banking house. Her job is to smuggle a nation's wealth across a war zone, hiding the gol...(展开全部)

Return to the world of the Liveships Traders and journey along the Rain Wild River in the third instalment of high adventure from the author of the internationally acclaimed Farseer trilogy. Kelsingra awaits for those brave enough to enter...The dragons and their keepers have discovered Kelsingra but so far only Heeby has succeeded in flying over the river to enter the fabled c...(展开全部)

罗宾·霍布（Robin Hobb），纽约时报畅销书作家，亚马逊畅销书作家。 生于美国加州，在阿拉斯加的费尔班克斯度过大部分的成长岁月。在那里，她爱上了森林和原野，并形成了毕生对奇幻与科幻文学的热爱，这引导她步入这个领域开始创作。在男性主导的奇幻写作界，罗宾·霍布成功地走出了自己的一条道路。 她的短篇小说写作使她获得阿西莫夫读者大奖。她还曾获幻想小说最高奖项星云奖和雨果奖提名。代表作有：《刺客正传》《刺客后传》《魔法活船》《士兵之子》《雨野原传奇》等。

作者卡洛琳·麦卡利斯特（Caroline McAlister）在吉尔福德学院教授英语，她每年会带学生到英国牛津去学习和研究那些托尔金生活和写作的灵感来源。她住在北卡罗来纳州的格林斯博罗。 绘者伊莉莎·惠勒（Eliza Wheeler）曾写作和绘画《纽约时报》畅销书《梅普尔小姐的种子》，她还喜欢和朋友一起吃着霍比特人的食物，大声朗读托尔金的作品。她把自己的时间划分为加利福尼亚的海边和威斯康星州的河岸边。