{"product_id":"the-dragon-waiting-paperback","title":"The Dragon Waiting - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn M. Ford\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"The best mingling of history with historical magic that I have ever seen.\"--Gene Wolfe \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn a snowbound inn high in the Alps, four people meet who will alter fate. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA noble Byzantine mercenary . . . \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA female Florentine physician . . . \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn ageless Welsh wizard . . . \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnd Sforza, the uncanny duke. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTogether they will wage an intrigue-filled campaign against the might of Byzantium to secure the English throne for Richard, Duke of Gloucester--and make him Richard III. Available for the first time in nearly two decades, with a new introduction by \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e-bestselling author Scott Lynch, \u003ci\u003eThe Dragon Waiting\u003c\/i\u003e is a masterpiece of blood and magic.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Had  John M. Ford] taken \u003ci\u003eThe Dragon Waiting\u003c\/i\u003e and written a sequence of five books based in that world, with that power, he would've been George R.R. Martin.\" --Neil Gaiman\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn M. Ford (1957-2006) was a science fiction and fantasy writer, game designer, and poet whose work was held in high regard by peers ranging from Neil Gaiman to Robert Jordan to Jo Walton to Roger Zelazny, alongside innumerable others. His novels include the World Fantasy Award-winning \u003ci\u003eThe Dragon Waiting\u003c\/i\u003e, the Philip K. Dick Award-winning\u003ci\u003e Growing up Weightless\u003c\/i\u003e, and the contemporary thriller \u003ci\u003eThe Scholars of Night\u003c\/i\u003e. His debut novel \u003ci\u003eWeb of Angels\u003c\/i\u003e (1980) has been called \"cyberpunk before there was cyberpunk.\" He spent the latter decade-and-a-half of his writing life in Minneapolis, Minnesota.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 400\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8.2 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 29, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45270994878508,"sku":"9781250269010","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/6260\/8940\/files\/Q0N1ZnYwc09XRGdsUU8wZmt5UG1MUT09.webp?v=1770742252","url":"https:\/\/littleredgeneralstore.com\/products\/the-dragon-waiting-paperback","provider":"Little Red General Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}