Roland is a good king even though he is not the smartest man around. The Eyes of the Dragon is a tale of deceit and honor that will surprise and please even the most dedicated King fan. However, Flagg has underestimated Peter's determination to clear his name and save his kingdom. After Peter is put in jail, Flagg runs the kingdom behind the new, weak king, Thomas. Flagg kills the King and frames his heir, Peter, with the murder. The novel follows the story of Flagg, the King's magician, and his plan to bring ruin to the kingdom of Delain. He lives in Bangor, Maine, with his wife, novelist Tabitha King.The Eyes of the Dragon is a tale of chivalry and heroes that could easily fit with the tales of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. He is the recipient of the 2020 Audio Publishers Association Lifetime Achievement Award, the 2018 PEN America Literary Service Award, the 2014 National Medal of Arts, and the 2003 National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. His epic works The Dark Tower, It, Pet Sematary, Doctor Sleep, and Firestarter are the basis for major motion pictures, with It now the highest-grossing horror film of all time. His novel 11/22/63 was named a top ten book of 2011 by The New York Times Book Review and won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Mystery/Thriller. Mercedes (an Edgar Award winner for Best Novel and a television series streaming on Peacock). His recent work includes Fairy Tale, Billy Summers, If It Bleeds, The Institute, Elevation, The Outsider, Sleeping Beauties (cowritten with his son Owen King), and the Bill Hodges trilogy: End of Watch, Finders Keepers, and Mr. Through this enthralling masterpiece of mythical adventure, intrigue, and terror, you will thrill to this unforgettable narrative filled with relentless, wicked enchantment, and the most terrible of secrets.Ībout the Author Stephen King is the author of more than sixty books, all of them worldwide bestsellers.
"Once, in a kingdom called Delain, there was a king with two sons." Thus begins one of the most unique tales that master storyteller Stephen King has ever written-a sprawling fantasy of dark magic and the struggle for absolute power that utterly transforms the destinies of two brothers born into royalty. But Flagg's evil plot is not perfect, for he knows naught of Thomas' terrible secret- or Prince Peter's daring plan to escape to claim what is rightfully his.īook Synopsis "It is just not possible to stop turning the pages" ( The Washington Post) of this bestselling classic tale-an epic fantasy as only Stephen King could envision it.
About the Book A kingdom is in turmoil after old King Roland dies and his worthy successor, Prince Peter, is imprisoned by the evil Flagg and his pawn, young Prince Thomas.
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