Pentagram · BOOK 4 OF 4

Day of the Dragon

By Anthony Horowitz · 1989 · Fantasy · supernatural · horror · Older children and young teens

NovelSpoiler-lightBook 4 in order

Spoiler-free summary

The last published Pentagram novel; its ideas were revisited and expanded in Necropolis.

The locations established in the book's spoiler-light premise, without revealing its later turns. The pleasure lies in fate and free will and friendship, shaped by a numbered instalment with its own central conflict and a continuing series arc..

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Can I start here?

Best read after Pentagram 3; the central plot is approachable on its own, but continuing relationships and consequences carry forward.

What makes it different

The unfinished Pentagram arc gives this volume a haunted importance: it is both a conclusion and evidence of the larger series that might have been.

Setting

The locations established in the book's spoiler-light premise, without revealing its later turns.

Content guidance

Supernatural horror, violence, peril and frightening imagery.

Why fans love itThe unfinished Pentagram arc gives this volume a haunted importance: it is both a conclusion and evidence of the larger series that might have been.

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Continuity

Day of the Dragon is volume 4 of 4 in Pentagram. It is currently the final listed volume in this sequence.

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Sources

Library catalogue: WorldCat library records — Day of the Dragon ↗