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3''Last Dragon'', is a 2008 novel, a LowFantasy novel by J. M. [=McDermott=]. It consists of the letters of Zahn, a dying empress, to her departed lover Esumi. It tells how she and her uncle Seth chased their grandfather across half the world after he murdered their entire family, which turned into a war between their kingdom and the southern lands.
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5[[SimilarlyNamedWorks Not to be confused]] with the 2004 novel ''Literature/TheLastDragon'', the 1985 film ''Film/TheLastDragon'', or the novel series ''Literature/TheLastDragonChronicles''.
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7!!This novel provides examples of:
8* AnachronicOrder: The novel's signature style. The chapters are in chronological order, but the events within the chapters are rather jumbled up.
9%%* FantasyGunControl: Averted, since the arquebuses are present.
10* TheGhost: The letters that the book consists of are addressed to Esumi, a character we never meet in the story and about whom we learn very little.
11%%* KnightInSourArmor: Adel.
12%%* LowFantasy: The dragons are gone and apart from the golem, there's no explicit magic.
13* TastesLikePurple: Someone comments that a fruit tastes like moonlight.
14%%* TrailersAlwaysSpoil: The final sentence of the book is on the back cover.

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