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Fourteen-year-old Jack, who is the human host in a symbiotic relationship with a dragon warrior named Draycos, joins a mercenary outfit to uncover those behind a vast conspiracy to wipe out Draycos's race.
The book was only ok but I loved the idea of have a living tatoo on your body. So cool!
Was this review helpful? Yes NoThank you for your feedback. Report this reviewThank you, this review has been flagged.Dragon and Soldier is the second in the six part Dragonback Series and just as good as the first(Dragon and Thief.)
Draycos made good on his word to help Jack clear his name, not to mention saving his life, and gaining a potential ally. Now Jack intends to keep his end of their bargain. While still a little wary of Draycos' K'da Warrior ethic and how he lives it, Jack sticks with him (though Uncle Virge doesn't approve.)
Planning to enter into and hack a mercenary base seemed like a plausible plan, at first. While Jack was a good thief, he knew nothing about being a soldier, thankfully he has his pet dragon with him to help.
In this enstallment we meet Alison Kayna a witty, sharp tongued girl who seems to know more than she is letting on. Not that Jack isn't hiding something himself. His biggest secret being a K'da Poet Warrior riding on his skin like a living tattoo. Adjusting to the life of a mercenary isn't something our main character is too keen on. And with only one week of training under his belt, a failed attempt at hacking the mercenary's computers, and rising suspicion, his superiors expect him to go and fight a war.
Will our clever friend make it out of this one unscathed? Sure he will, with some help that is.
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Posted August 27, 2006
I am sorry to report that, unlike Dragon and Thief this book has very little point to it whatsoever. The same thing happened to the Matrix, Excellent 1st installment and then... Do yourself a favor and Re-read the first. it's definitly worth it.
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Posted August 26, 2005
After reading Dragon and Thief (the prequel) I was highly anticipating another well written adventrure... how wrong i was. the book dragged on and on with no real plot pertaining to the series. Overall the book was bland with a couple of moments here and there
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Posted May 16, 2005
I enjoy sci-fi/fantasy novels, and this one really rocks my boat! And I really love the suspense these books carry out until the very end.
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Posted June 3, 2005
i think Draycos and Jack are a wonderful combination, the perfect dream team. one of the best series i've read.
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Posted December 28, 2004
Wow, this is a really good book. So is the first one, and the third should be good too. Recommended for anyone, girls, boys, basically of any age. It doen't manner if you buy it or borrow it, (although buying it would be preferable so you can read it 100 times) it's excellent and I hope Timothy Zahn doesn't stop at book 3 or even 7 on this series.
Was this review helpful? Yes NoThank you for your feedback. Report this reviewThank you, this review has been flagged.Teenager Jack Morgan still adjusts to his only known relative Uncle Virge being a computer simulation and his symbiotic relationship with Draycos, who exists as a two-dimensional 'tattoo' on a humanoid host¿s skin or as a three-dimensional dragon. They met when Jack, running form the law, hid on uninhabited Iota Kletis while enemies attacked Draycos¿ ship causing it to crash planet side. They agreed to help one another...................................... Jack and Draycos conclude that mercenaries destroyed Draycos¿ ship since there was no backup like the military would have employed. Jack joins a mercenary outfit over the objection of Uncle Virge because he and Draycos figure that each of these paid to kill groups keep tabs on the competition. On planet Carrion, using the name Jack Montana and with the clever help of Draycos Jack joins Whineyard Edge¿s Edgemen, a teen recruiting center. In training Jack meets talented Alison, but soon he, his dragon, she, and others will be sent on a deadly assignment in which no one is quite whom they seem to be.......................................... Mindful of Andre Norton¿s 1960s outer space adventures for teens of all ages and Star Wars, the second Dragonback adventure is a fantastic action-packed tale with a fabulous cast. Jack and the dragon are a delightful pairing as he provides specialized thieving skills while Draycos furbishes cerebral military tactics and specialized fighting to their joining. Alison is a wonderful new player while Uncle Virge remains the same as he wants his nephew to disavow the relationship that could kill him. Though DRAGON AND SOLDIER can stand alone, reading DRAGON AND THIEF first will bring deeper insight into how the humanoid and the dragon joined....................................... Harriet Klausner
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Overview
Dragon and Thief, the first novel in the Dragonback series, was named an American Library Association Best Book For Young Adults. The second novel, Dragon and Soldier is another fast-paced, compulsively readable SF adventure featuring an odd couple of reluctant partners on an unusual quest.
Draycos, a golden-scaled draconic K'da poet-warrior, was on a scout fleet ship when it was attacked, with him the lone survivor. Forced to find a new symbiotic humanoid host, he found Jack Morgan. Jack has been on his own, making his way by shipping interstellar cargo on the ship he's inherited from his Uncle Virgil, a con-man and ...