Thorarinn Gunnarsson is the pseudonym of an American

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 author of science fiction

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 and fantasy

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. For several years, he claimed to be of Iceland

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ic birth but recently admitted that this (along with much of his biography) was false.

His 1990s novels Make Way For Dragons!, Human, Beware! and Dragons on the Town featured a dragon

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 named Dalvenjah Foxfire for whom DALnet

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is (indirectly) named. Dragon's Domain appears to take place much earlier in the same continuity, establishing some elements of the setting.

Starwolves series

1. Starwolves Warner Books 1988 ISBN 0-445-21040-0
2. Battle of the Ring Warner Books 1989 ISBN 0-445-20908-9
3. Tactical Error Warner Books 1991 ISBN 0-446-36134-8
4. Dreadnought Questar Warner Books 1993 ISBN 0-446-36322-7

Dragons series

1. Make Way for Dragons! 1990
2. Human, Beware! 1990
3. Dragons on the Town 1992
4. Dragon's Domain 1993

Dragonlord Chronicles

1. Dragonlord of Mystara 1994 ISBN 1-56076-906-8
2. Dragonking of Mystara 1995 ISBN 0-7869-0153-5
3. Dragonmage of Mystara 1996 ISBN 0-7869-0488-7

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