Dragonquest

A gold dragon and its rider breathe fire at falling strands of silver Thread over a rocky landscape, with the red planet setting behind them. Whelan painted it for the cover of Anne McCaffrey's Dragonquest; this 1980 print was issued by Glass Onion Graphics.

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