"Eric Van Lustbader leads off his Pearl series by mixing science fiction and fantasy into an exciting adventure with "The Ring of Five Dragons". Although much of the book`s mythology is standard fantasy fare, Lustbader creates intriguing and conflicted characters and spins a complex world of religion, magic, and technology around them. "The Ring of Five Dragons" tells the tale of the people of Kundala, who have suffered for 101 years under the oppression of the alien invaders, the V`ornn. The Kundalan people are treated as slaves by the technologically superior and Nazi-like V`ornn, who seek to dominate them and deplete the planet`s resources. But even the V`ornn have masters. The Gyrgon are mysterious technomages who rule the V`ornn and have their own agenda - they want to find the source of the Kundalans` magic. To discover the secret, they must first find the Ring of Five Dragons, which is said to open the Storehouse. It has been written that untold treasures rest in