A Time of War de Katharine Kerr da série Deverry.
O dragão na capa não é vermelho, mas a cena é de cor avermelhada.
O menino é Jahdo e ele é de fato de uma família que usa furões para caçar ratos:
To earn their food, clothing, and other necessities, the Ratters, as their family came to be known, also took their ferrets round from house to house all over town. Wearing little muzzles to keep them from making kills, the ferrets chased the vermin out through holes in the walls, where the family caught the rats in wicker cages and drowned them and their fleas both in the lake - not the most pleasant of jobs, but growing up with it made it tolerable.
Quanto às citações mais distintas, o anão de boca suja é Otho e as citações são:
‘You impacted pusboil from the hind-end of a leprous mule!’ Otho snapped.
‘Don’t you insult me, you stub-legged excuse for a man.’
‘Very well, I retract that. You’re a running sore on a leprous she-mule’s c**t.’
e no julgamento:
‘And what did he call you, Lord Matyc,’ Cadmar said, ‘that makes you feel your honour’s at stake here?’
Matyc hesitated, his face turning just the slightest bit pale.
‘Unless you give out with the insult, I can hardly judge it, can I now?’
‘Very well, Your Grace. He called me a running sore on a leprous she-mule’s c**t.’