Dragonheart
Charles Edward Pogue
Boulevard
Fiction, Fantasy
****
Description
Sir Bowen endeavors to teach the young Prince Einon the morals which his father is severely lacking. A rare adherent to the Old Code of knighthood,
the Arthurian ideal that a knight is a virtuous and honorable warrior, Bowen was hand-picked by the queen, who hoped to raise a noble son without her
husband's barbaric tendencies. When Einon is mortal wounded, his mother brings him a dragon, who saves the boy's life with a piece of his own heart.
When the boy grows up to be worse than his father, a heartbroken Bowen decides that the dragon's gift corrupted the boy, and swears to hunt down every
last dragon in revenge. Years later, Bowen meets the dragon again, now the last of his kind. King Einon's reign of terror is worsening, and it may be that
only dragonslayer and dragon together can stop the monster he has become.
Review
Apparently, this is what Pogue wanted to do with the movie, but was unable to. Parts of it would have been nice to see, and parts were obviously filmed and cut later, but other scenes leaned too far toward dorky slapstick for my liking. All in all, it was a good book. I just preferred the movie (which, if you have not seen yet, I strongly urge you to. Draco the dragon is a spectacular achievement of computer FX.)