Sea Dragon Heir
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 First edition | |
| Author | Storm Constantine |
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| Language | English |
| Series | Mangravadian series |
| Genre | Fantasy |
Publication date | January 1, 1999 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | Hardcover |
| ISBN | 978-0-312-87366-0 |
| OCLC | 46429044 |
| Followed by | The Crown of Silence (2000) |
The Sea Dragon Heir is a 1999 fantasy novel by Storm Constantine.
Part One
The plot centers on a royal family, long tainted by a curse put upon them by the emperor many hundreds of years before. The son of every Palindrake (literally meaning Water Dragon) king was named Valraven; according to the traditional mythology, any woman that he took to wife would immediately become the Sea Wife, a being who could capture and hold the dragon daughters within herself. The emperor tries twice, once unsuccessfully and once successfully, to awaken the dragon queen and her daughters.
Sea Dragon Heir starts with Pharinet describing her life as a young girl, playing in the gardens with her best friends Ellony and Khaster, and thinking about her brother's future.
Part Two
Valraven and Pharinet engage in twincest, leaving Pharinet pregnant with her brother's child. Valraven attends a military academy where he meets a brash and sexually extrovert young man. Pharinet visits a soothsayer who predicts the miscarriage of her child. The prediction is realised a few days after she leaves.
Part Three
Valraven returns with his lover, who takes an interest in Pharinet, culminating in them having sex. He empties his seed into her saying, "Now I have been in both of you." Ellony is possessed by the Sea Dragon's singing, so allured by the melody that she runs into the sea and drowns.