The winner of two World Fantasy Awards presents her first novel in thirteen years, the story of Karadur Atani, a man born of a dragon king, who must free his land from his evil twin, a wizard who has stolen his birthright. Reprint.

Karadur Atani, the Dragon of Chingura, has survived his father's madness and his brother's treachery. Firmly ensconced in the castle at Dragon Keep, he has won the loyalty of his people and the respect of the other lords. Yet legends never die. He is of dragon blood. And when stoked, his fury burns without mercy. No wars threaten Karadur's domain, though the politics of the kingdom and the daily intrigues of neighboring fiefdoms threaten the peace he has found within himself. Still, his fierceness has been tempered by love, for the men who serve him and for one human woman. Maia Unamira is a poor herbalist from a family of outlaws. Her heart fears neither the golden dragon Karadur becomes, nor the nearly human man who sets her blood on fire. Her love will make Karadur a man of compassion as well as strength —- and transform the future of both humans and dragons...

From a two-time winner of the World Fantasy The complete series praised by George R. R. Martin as “the sort of fantasy we don’t see enough of . . . a treat.” A dragon lord seeks to claim his birthright and fulfill his destiny in this epic duology. Dragon’s Winter: Born to the shape-shifting dragon king of Ippa, Karadur is destined to one day become a dragon and rule the kingdom. But in an act of jealous betrayal, his twin brother, Tenjiro, stole the talisman that would allow Karadur to take his true dragon form, and fled to a distant, icy realm. Now, years later, Tenjiro has reappeared as the evil sorcerer Ankoku. His frozen stronghold threatens to destroy Dragon Keep, and Karadur must lead his shape-shifting warriors on a journey to defeat his brother—and reclaim his destiny. Dragon’s Treasure: As the new lord of Dragon’s Keep, Karadur Atani must unleash his dragon’s vengeance when foul murder in the countryside demands justice. He destroys the outlaw Unamira clan without mercy, but two members of the family survive his wrath. Karadur will take one as a lover in order to soothe his troubled heart—and produce the dragon-changeling heir he so fervently desires. The other, his new lover’s half brother, will pursue the criminal life he was born into, becoming a threat to the fragile peace of the dragon lord’s realm.