The Eyes of the Dragon, by King, Stephen
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The Eyes of the Dragon, by King, Stephen. Viking: New York, 1987. Edition: First Edition. ISBN: 067081458X. Hardcover, 326 pages. Quarter bound in white cloth over green paper-covered boards; lettering on spine in green metalic and gilt; dragon head in diamond device on cover in gilt. Green end papers.

Condition: Book: Very Good in a Very Good jacket. Spine ends lightly bumped;,a little smudging on top page edges. Jacket front flap has a crease where it was folded lengthwise. It has a tiny nick on upper back margin and minor rumpling at upper spine end, with very minimal wear at corners. Except as noted, book is a lovely, clean, tight, unmarked copy.

Contents: A departure from Stephen King's usual world of horror. This nonetheless suspenseful tale of dragons, magic, and fantasy was written for his daughter.

. From the jacket

A tale of archetypal heroes and sweeping adventures, of dragons and princes and evil wizards -- as only Stephen King can tell it!

The passage through the castle is dim, sensed by few and walked by only one. Flagg knows the way well. In four hundred years, he has walked it many times, in many guises, but now the passage serves its true purpose. Through the spy hole it conceals, the court magician observes King Roland -- old, weak, yet still a king. Roland's time is nearly over, though, and young Prince Peter, tall and handsome, the measure of a king in all ways, stands to inherit the realm.

Yet a tiny mouse is enough to bring him down, a mouse that chances upon a grain of Dragon Sand behind Peter's shelves and dies crying tears of fire and belching gray smoke. A mouse that dies as King Roland does. Flagg saw it all and smiled, for now Prince Thomas, a young boy easily swayed to Flagg's own purposes, would rule the kingdom. But Thomas has a secret that has turned his days into nightmares and his nights into prayed-for oblivion. The last bastion of hope lies at the top of the Needle, the royal prison where Peter plans a daring escape….