| Tooth and Claw Contributor(s): Walton, Jo (Author) |
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ISBN: 0765319519 ISBN-13: 9780765319517 Publisher: Orb Books OUR PRICE: $17.09 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2009 Annotation: A John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer recipient pens a tale of contention, love and money--among dragons. "Enthralling new fantasy . . . full of political intrigue and romance."--"Publishers Weekly." |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Fantasy - Dragons & Mythical Creatures - Fiction | Fantasy - Historical |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2008038433 |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 5.5" W x 8.4" (0.90 lbs) 336 pages |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 86055 Reading Level: 6.9 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 17.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A tale of contention over love and money--among dragons Jo Walton burst onto the fantasy scene with The King's Peace, acclaimed by writers as diverse as Poul Anderson, Robin Hobb, and Ken MacLeod. In 2002, she was voted the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer. Now Walton returns with Tooth and Claw, a very different kind of fantasy story: the tale of a family dealing with the death of their father, of a son who goes to law for his inheritance, a son who agonizes over his father's deathbed confession, a daughter who falls in love, a daughter who becomes involved in the abolition movement, and a daughter sacrificing herself for her husband. Except that everyone in the story is a dragon, red in tooth and claw. Here is a world of politics and train stations, of churchmen and family retainers, of courtship and country houses...in which, on the death of an elder, family members gather to eat the body of the deceased. In which society's high-and-mighty members avail themselves of the privilege of killing and eating the weaker children, which they do with ceremony and relish, growing stronger thereby. You have never read a novel like Tooth and Claw. |
Contributor Bio(s): Walton, Jo: - Jo Walton won the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer on publication of her debut novel The King's Peace. She won the World Fantasy Award in 2004 for Tooth and Claw, and in 2012, the Hugo and Nebula Awards for Among Others. In addition to writing SF and fantasy, she has also designed role-playing games and published poetry. Her song "The Lurkers Support Me In Email" has been quoted innumerable times in online discussions all over the world, frequently without attribution. A native of Wales, she lives in Montreal. |