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| Author | Carole Wilkinson |
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| Cover artist | Blue Boat Design |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Folktale and adventure novel |
| Publisher | Black Dog Books |
Publication date | 2003 |
| Publication place | Australia |
| Media type | Paperback |
| Pages | 339 pp |
| ISBN | 978-1-876372-89-7 |
| OCLC | 156762942 |
| Followed by | Garden of the Purple Dragon |
Dragonkeeper is a fantasy novel written by Australian author Carole Wilkinson. It is one of the first books from the Dragonkeeper series, which consists of six books (two trilogies) and a prequel. The second book is called Garden of the Purple Dragon and the third book is called Dragon Moon. In the second trilogy of the series, there is the 4th book which is called Blood Brothers, then Shadow Sister and finally Bronze Bird Tower. There is also a prequel to the original Dragonkeeper novel known as Dragon Dawn.
The novel is set in ancient China. Ping, a slave girl for the evil master Lan, saves the life of an aging dragon and escapes her brutal master. Pursued by a ruthless dragon hunter, the girl and the dragon make an epic journey across China carrying a mysterious stone that must be protected. This is a story of a young slave girl who believes she is not worthy of a name but finds within herself the strength and courage to make this perilous journey, and do what must be done.