Often in a dry, witty way that rouses a chuckle. It makes good use of fantasy tropes like “ Good Versus Evil,” “ Succession Crisis,” “ Evil Chancellor,” and “ Spare to the Throne.” And manages to avoid the pitfalls of some other commonly used tropes by either having the narrator discuss them, deny them, or flat out accept them.
It is a self-contained narrative that allows your imagination to wander even after the novel is completed. Subversion of TropesĪlthough connected, The Eyes of the Dragon is not The Dark Tower. The Kingdom of Delain is most certainly in the same universe as The Dark Tower. This last point cements its place in canon. But now the hour is late, and all of that is another tale, for another day.” “All I can tell you is that…Thomas and Denis had many and strange adventures, and that they did see Flagg again and confronted him. Lovecraft fame, and a very subtle nod to The Dark Tower at the end. There is also a very obvious inclusion of the Necronomicon of H.P. Flagg, a being of pure evil that first appeared in The Stand, serves as the court magician in this story. King fans looking for shout-outs to other books won’t be disappointed here. I’m a big fan of fantasy in its many forms, and The Eyes of the Dragon is one of the most grounded tales I’ve read in recent memory.Ĭheck Amazon Prices for The Eyes of the Dragon by Stephen King Stephen King Multiverseįor any fan of the high fantasy genre, The Eyes of the Dragon is a must read if for no other reason than its interesting ties to the rest of the King Multiverse. It’s a story he wrote for his daughter, an adult fairytale that is sometimes gruesome, sometimes evocative, but always mature in a way that pleases my adult sensibilities. The Eyes of the Dragon might be Stephen King’s most approachable novel for people who aren’t into the whole horror thing.
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