Graham Edwards (born 1965) is an English author of fantasy and crime novels. His most popular books have generally featured dragons as their central characters.
11-459: Dragoncharm is a fantasy novel written by Graham Edwards . The novel was first published in 1995 by Voyager Books (UK) and HarperPrism (US). It is the first book in the Ultimate Dragon Saga trilogy, and its sequels are Dragonstorm and Dragonflame . Dragoncharm is written entirely from the point of view of a range of dragon characters as they struggle to survive in a world that
22-548: A graphic designer and animator before developing his writing career in the 1990s. He often includes illustrations with his novels. Edwards now lives in Nottingham with his wife and two children. Edwards' major body of work consists of two related fantasy trilogies: the Ultimate Dragon Saga trilogy and the Stone trilogy (also known as the Amara trilogy). The former series of books is
33-502: A fantasy work set in times before humans, and as such there are no human characters in the novels. The dragons are sentient and, much like the rabbits and moles in Richard Adams ' Watership Down and William Horwood 's Duncton Wood respectively, they are anthropomorphised, displaying a large array of human characteristics, relationships and emotions. The latter series is set - although not in an actual Earthly time period - parallel to
44-558: Is leaving the world: trolls lie dying beneath the landscape, giants build enigmatic stone circles and faeries are evolving into proto-humans. The two dragon armies come together. Leading the Naturals is an insane dragon named Shatter, while the Charmed commander is a military monster called Wraith. Wraith's ambition is to breach the Maze of Covamere, at the very centre of which lies the ultimate power of
55-480: Is rejecting magic. Much like the animal characters in Richard Adams 's Watership Down and William Horwood 's Duncton Wood , the dragons are anthropomorphised, displaying a large array of human characteristics, relationships and emotions. In 1995, the British Fantasy Society nominated Dragoncharm for Best Novel of the year. [1] The novel is populated by two species of dragons: The story begins with
66-448: The Maze of Covamere, both dragons learn a dark secret from their shared past. When the ancient, immortal basilisk Ocher enters the fray, even Fortune is tempted by the power offered by the Seed of Charm. Dragoncharm ends in the aftermath of the turning of the world, the very moment when magic departs, leaving in its wake the natural world we humans know today. The story, following the lives of
77-401: The Seed of Charm. Fortune and Cumber, along with a growing band of companions from both races (including Gossamer, Brace, Scoff, Velvet, and others), thread their way through the conflict, seeking a way to unite both dragon species to face the greater threat that faces them all: the world is turning its back on magic and all dragons are facing extinction. When Fortune finally faces Wraith inside
88-433: The destruction of the dragon settlement, South Point, home to Fortune, a young Natural dragon. Fleeing, he joins with the Charmed dragon Cumber on a desperate quest to reach the fabled citadel of the Charmed at Covamere. As they journey, the two dragons witness the growing conflict between the Charmed and the Naturals, which threatens to culminate in all-out war between the two species. They encounter signs everywhere that magic
99-468: The late 19th century. Its events are triggered by the eruption of Krakatoa in 1883, and feature human characters prominently, although the stories are also populated with other races such as dragons. This series can be read as a standalone trilogy, although minor plot and character connections to the Ultimate Dragon Saga mean that prior reading of the first trilogy will give a richer appreciation of
110-521: The second. Since finishing the Stone trilogy, Edwards has written several short stories, published in Realms Of Fantasy magazine. In 2008 he published his first crime novel, Runaway Minister , under the pseudonym Nick Curtis. It was published by Black Star Crime books. Two years later, he published a sequel, Close Enemies . In 2014, Edwards published the hybrid low fantasy detective novel Talus and
121-712: The surviving dragons, is picked up in Dragonstorm . Dragoncharm was optioned for a movie in 1996 by UK production group Dandelion Distributions. It was to be directed by Bob Keen and followed by a TV series of thirteen episodes. The adaptation would have been a mix of CGI and animatronics, using real locations as backgrounds. However nothing came of the plans and the rights are once again the author's property. Graham Edwards (writer) Born in Somerset and raised in Bournemouth , Edwards studied art and design. He went on to work as
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