Dragon is the second volume in a series of novels about Smallville.
The novel was written by Alan Grant and printed on November, 2002.
Summary[]
(Provided on page 37 of Smallville #9)
When Clark mysteriously loses all memories of his powers and his true identity, he leaves Smallville at the hands of paroled killer Ray Danisk, who has acquired the Kryptonite-induced power of a dragon and is seeking vengeance.
Continuity[]
This novel takes place between Cool and Hourglass. The following explanation for this placement contains spoilers.
The story takes place while Whitney is still in high school, placing it in Season 1. It is still football season, which places this before Strange Visitors (as that novel states that football season is over on p. 200). Lana does not yet work at the Talon, placing this before Zero. Kwan is still the principal, placing this before Crush, and Clark uses X-Ray vision on more than one occasion, placing this after X-Ray.
Of note, Lana breaks up with Whitney and dates Clark in this novel. In Jitters, Lana tells Whitney "I told you when we got back together that I needed some breathing room." Since they have been dating in every episode of the show thus far, it's most reasonable to attribute this statement as a reference to the events of this book. This narrows the placement of this book down to the time period between X-Ray and Jitters.
In Cool, Clark asks Lex why he gives him concert tickets, and Lex responds "You're like the younger brother I never had." This relationship dynamic (regarding Lex being like Clark's older brother) is mentioned multiple times in this book, so it's likely that this book takes place after Cool. Additionally, Clark is surprised in this novel to learn that Lex has been researching the crash at Elbow River and Clark's involvement in it. He is similarly surprised to learn this in Hourglass when Lex shows him the car. It seems more probable that Clark would be surprised to be told about the investigation and then further surprised to see that Lex kept and is studying the car than the other way around, so placing this novel before Hourglass seems to make the most sense.
There are a couple of continuity issues with this placement. The party at Lex's mansion is supposedly for his one year anniversary in Smallville, but he just arrived in Pilot. The simplest explanation for this is that the party is actually for Lex's one month anniversary or some other occasion. Additionally, Lana is seen cheerleading in this book even though she quit cheerleading in Hothead. This could be explained as Lana just jumping in to help out for one game, or it can simply be seen as a mistake.
Other notes:
- The novel mentions that Lana made the necklace, which contradicts the series' explanation that it was made by Nell Potter and given to her.
- The novel refers to Pete Ross having a total of seven brothers and sisters combined.
- The Sheriff is identified as Bryan Shugrue rather than Ethan Miller as the show depicts.
- On page 202, Whitney Fordman is outright referred to as Whitney Ellsworth despite every other instance in the novel being referred to as Fordman.
See also[]
- Volume 1: Strange Visitors
- Volume 3: Hauntings
- Volume 4: Whodunnit
- Volume 5: Shadows
- Volume 6: Silence
- Volume 7: Curse
- Volume 8: City