Title: The Star Scroll

Author: Melanie Rawn

Series: Dragon Prince #2

Genre: Fantasy

Pages: 576 Pages (Paperback)

Original Publication Date: May 2, 1989

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Summary from Back Cover

The Spell of War

When Rohan was crowned High Prince and his Sunrunner wife, Sioned, became High Princess, they swore to keep the peace of the lands and preserve the secret of the dragons. Fourteen years have passed, during which their son, Pol, heir to both princely and Sunrunner powers, grew to manhood under the watchful eyes of friends and foe alike.

Deep in the mountains of Princemarch, other young men were being trained in the ways of war. These youths were descended from Roelstra, Pol’s own half-brothers. They had been claimed by sorcerers, enemies, who had been vanquished by the Sunrunners ages ago. These youths became willing pawns in what would become a bloody battle for succession.

However, before Pol or anyone else could completely claim Princemarch as his own, all had to deal with a young man claiming to be Roelstra’s heir, a long lost son, whose mother had burned at the Rialla of 698.

My Thoughts

Just like its predecessor, Dragon Prince, I loved The Star Scroll.  The story has elements for everyone, such as romance, adventure, betrayal, conflict, and fantasy.  By the end of the first page, I couldn’t put the book down.  It only took me as long as it did to read it because I had so many other things going on this month.

I loved The Star Scroll because I was reintegrated into Rohan and Sioned’s life, whom I learned to love in Dragon Prince.  I also met new characters, both good and bad.  And, the new dynamic of sorcery was introduced.

Sorcerers (diarmadh’im) and Sunrunners (faradh’im) have been enemies for nearly 300 years.  At least that’s what the diarmadh’im will tell you since the faradh’im didn’t even know they existed.  Ancient faradh’im thought they had eradicated the diarmadh’im from the Continent, but now the faradh’im are finding out that some of them are in fact diarmadh’im and not faradh’im.