How Jasleth managed to join Prince Fearless and his hundred rowers in their quest for the Dragon Hoard, how Maligna pursued them with many a fiendish wile, how the questors met an alarming assortment of her repulsive friends and wicked acquaintances (and some more foolish than wicked like the ten-foot mermaid queen, Emeraldis), how at every step doom was narrowly averted, and how a happy ending (naturally) wound it all up, makes this helter-skelter romantic adventure story at once richly comic and most amazingly and agreeably inventive. In 1975 her adult fantasy epicThe Birthgravewas published to. In 1975 her adult fantasy epic The Birthgrave was published to. She came all the same, bringing such nasty gifts that Princess Goodness was reduced to total silliness, the kingdom to near beggary, and Prince Jasleth found himself despatched to seek his fortune despite an embarrassing habit of changing into a raven unexpectedly, for an hour each day. See the best price to sell, buy, or rent books by Tanith, Lee. Her first short story, Eustace, was published in 1968, and her first childrens novel The Dragon Hoardwas published in 1971. Her first short story, Eustace, was published in 1968, and her first childrens novel The Dragon Hoard was published in 1971.

It never pays to flout enchantresses, even unwittingly, as poor King Minas discovered when he forgot to ask his aunt (or cousin) Maligna to the birthday feast for Prince Jasleth and Princess Goodness.

The Dragon Hoard by Tanith Lee