ISBN: 1250269024 9781250269027

Category: Fiction / Alternative History

Page count: 368

<p><b>“The best mingling of history with historical magic that I have ever seen.”—Gene Wolfe<br></b><br>In a snowbound inn high in the Alps, four people meet who will alter fate.<br><br>A noble Byzantine mercenary . . .<br><br>A female Florentine physician . . .<br><br>An ageless Welsh wizard . . .<br><br>And Sforza, the uncanny duke.<br><br>Together they will wage an intrigue-filled campaign against the might of Byzantium to secure the English throne for Richard, Duke of Gloucester—and make him Richard III. Available for the first time in nearly two decades, with a new introduction by <i>New York Times</i>-bestselling author Scott Lynch, <i>The Dragon Waiting</i> is a masterpiece of blood and magic.<br><b><br>“Had [John M. Ford] taken <i>The Dragon Waiting</i> and written a sequence of five books based in that world, with that power, he would’ve been George R.R. Martin.” —Neil Gaiman</b><br><br>At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.<br><br>At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.</p>