The Dragon Author:Jane Gaskell Cija, the beautiful princess and goddess, and Smahil, her fellow-hostage, have fled from the clutches off the relentless Zerd. But the Dragon-General is on the march; continents shake at his tread, cities lie open to his warriors, and there is no escape for Cija, either in the teeming warrens of the Southern City or amid the decadent spendours ... more »of the Temple Court. Now another fate is laid on her; she alone can thwart Zerd's schemes of conquest. He threatens Atlan, mysterious sorcery-guarded land beyond the world's horizon, and Atlan must be warmed. Monsters, bandits and wraiths beset her flight, and, always at her heels is Smahil, half-loved half-loathed, and Zerd whom she is destined to destroy.« less