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The Dream Thief
Author: Shana Abe

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Publisher: Bantam
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
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ISBN-13: 9780553588057 - ISBN-10: 0553588052
Publication Date: 8/28/2007
Pages: 336

Book Description:
In the remote hills of northern England lives a powerful clan with a centuries-old secret. They are the drákon, shape-shifters who possess the ability to Turn—changing from human to smoke to dragon. And from the very stones of the earth, they hear hypnotic songs of beauty and wonder. But there is one stone they fear....

Buried deep within the bowels of the Carpathian Mountains lies the legendary dreaming diamond known as Draumr, the only gem with the power to enslave the drákon. Since childhood, Lady Amalia Langford, daughter of the clan’s Alpha, has heard its haunting ballad but kept it secret, along with another rare Gift....

Lia can hear the future, much in the way she hears the call of Draumr. And in that future, she realizes that the diamond—along with the fate of the drákon—rests in the hands of a human man, one who straddles two worlds.

Ruthlessly clever, Zane has risen through London’s criminal underworld to become its ruler. Once a street urchin saved by Lia’s mother, Zane is also privy to the secrets of the clan—and is the only human they trust to bring them Draumr. But he does nothing selflessly.

Zane’s hunt for the gem takes him to Hungary, where he is shocked to encounter a bold, beautiful young noblewoman: Lia. She has broken every rule of the drákon to join him, driven by the urgent song of Draumr—and her visions of Zane. In one future, he is her ally. In another, her overlord. In both, he is her lover. Now, to protect her tribe, Lia must tie her fate to Zane’s, to the one man capable of stealing her future—and destroying her heart....

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Cher M. (Nonya) wrote on 7/15/2008...

10 member(s) found this review helpful.

A mystical tale is not normally my first choice. I was completely enchanted by this story. The author creates such strong imagery that you soon lose yourself to the fantasy-land found between the covers of this book! I will certainly read the rest of the books in this series.

Janice Y. (jai) wrote on 10/29/2007...

7 member(s) found this review helpful.

I felt a little distracted by the interludes where a storyteller narrator seems to go over the past or the present story.. felt a little redundant and repetitive. Otherwise most of the book was written exquisitely. Very lush prose that sets Abe's writing apart. Interesting and complicated pair (Lia and Zane) as well and a set up for book 3.

Janie T. (FriscoOBX) wrote on 3/24/2008...

5 member(s) found this review helpful.

An interesting storyline with a very unlikely hero who makes the book worth reading.

Janice R. (Jan1) wrote on 12/19/2007...

3 member(s) found this review helpful.

This is a very unique series of books & this is the 2nd one. The concept is there are a small group of people who have an ancient secret which is that they can shape shift into dragons. I cannot wait to read the next one!

Mollie G. (amethystlover) wrote on 8/23/2008...

2 member(s) found this review helpful.

A keeper

Lynda C. (Readnmachine) wrote on 8/22/2009...

1 member(s) found this review helpful.

The second of the Drakon trilogy follows Amalia, daughter of the Alpha, and the thief Zane as they search for the mystical stone that can control or destroy. Infused with dark eroticism and a well-realized fantasy milieu, this is a book you can fall into.

Erin M. (elm278) wrote on 6/6/2009...

1 member(s) found this review helpful.

Not as good as the first in the series, but it does well to open the door for the third. Entertaining and sensual, but it just didn't suck me in the way the first book did. I usually read things that are a little more packed, but I would still recommend this one.

Kimberli R. (countrykymmy) wrote on 4/28/2009...

1 member(s) found this review helpful.

the author weaves an fasinating story, left me not wanting to put the book down.

Sherri H. (mamadoodle) wrote on 10/8/2008...

1 member(s) found this review helpful.

Could not get into it at all.


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Katherine M. (TheSmartKat34) wrote on 11/17/2009...


Actually not a bad book. Pretty fast read, and a decent plot. I'm even thinking of getting the other's in this series. :) HOpe they are as quick as this one was.


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