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The Dragon's Egg is a post-apocalyptic book centered in a future world that has been decimated by dragons. The dragons came to the earth in meteorites and used cunning, deceit, and magic to eliminate the majority of humanity. A single dragon remains and rules the world as a tyrant. The book begins after these events have occurred and follows a young man who is trying to live a normal life- until it is upset by the tyrannical reign as the dragon trys to take command of the remaining 'free' cities. The book is interesting and pretty unique, but it has a number of elements that make it less enjoyable to read, and overall a fairly weak book. Im torn between giving this 2 or 3 stars. I think it is a solid 2.5. I would read the next book in the series because i like the writing style and the plot, however if the negatives are continued, i would probably stop reading. Positives: + Surprisingly unique, i was worried about this being an Eragon copy. + The plot was good and the writing kept me reading. If the author can fix the issues below this could be a really strong series. + The main character is not indestructible as is the case in to many books.... (just infallible, as explained below). Negatives: - The biggest issue with this book is Frank. Weak characters are useful in stories when used correctly, this is not the case here. Generally weak characters have certain positive traits, or at minimum a strong plot role. Frank starts out interesting enough, showing a level of cunning that could of been built upon to make a strong character. Instead, after the first few chapters, Frank becomes a complete bumbling idiot/coward/screw-up whose only purpose in the book is to show how 'great' a person the main character is. I mean that his presence is literally story breaking. The book would of been better served by having each of the other characters have a specific weakness instead of piling the entire load onto Frank. - The book suffers from vagueness. The 'apocalypse' is not really addressed until late in the story. I felt that a stronger background early on would of firmed up the world and help me understand better what was actually going on. - The books characters make references to secrets that they don't know about every other page for about half the book. OK, i understand that there is key information that hasn't been revealed, now enough about it. Either tell me the information, or understand that i am smart enough to remember that there is information i don't know for more then two pages. - Similar to Terry Goodkind's later books, the author uses certain sections to 'preach' on certain life lessons or agendas. This is ok. Just don't interrupt an action scene to do it. "The enemy just appeared on the road behind us. We have 30 seconds to form a plan before we all die, what do we do!?! Let's take 1/2 a page for a character monologue!!!" - I feel that while the magic system is unique, there are some existing issues. Healing needs to be addressed. It seemed that John was healed by manifestation magic... but Ben couldn't be (the wound was taken on by another)? Bounds need to be better defined on what each form of magic can do. Similarly, the priests and the wizard himself felt really weak... i would of thought that both of these groups would of been stronger.