Reviewed by Dan
TITLE: The King’s Dragon
SERIES: Fire and Valor Book 1
AUTHOR: W.M. Fawkes & Sam Burns
PUBLISHER: Self-Published
LENGTH: 295 Pages
RELEASE DATE: September 26, 2019
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Lord Tristram Radcliffe has a secret—he is the only dragon at the king’s court in Llangard. It’s a secret he’s kept from the knights he’s fought beside, from the ladies who bat their lashes at him, and from his closest companion, Prince Reynold. If it were to get out, he’d be banished to the Mawrcraig Mountains along with the rest of his kind, but the kingdom of men is the only one he’s ever known, and his heart lives in the stone halls of those who’d count him an enemy.
When the old king dies and Prince Reynold takes the throne, two visitors from the north throw Tristram into the middle of the ancient conflict between dragons and men. They put him on a collision course with the king’s shadow, Bet Kyston, a dangerous assassin who may want him dead or may want more of Tristram that he’d ever thought to give.
With the eyes of dragons upon him and a threat from the north creeping toward the home he loves, Tristram must weigh his allegiances before his dual legacies tear him apart.
REVIEW:
I loved this new story from W.M. Fawkes and Sam Burns. It showed up on my Kindle as a suggested book and once I clicked on it, I read almost all the way through it. Then I had to go to work! I thought about the story all day and as soon as I got home last night picked it back up and finished it.
I love the characters that these two authors have created for this series. We meet Lord Tristram Radcliffe, who is the cousin of the newly crowned king. The new king’s father has recently died, and Prince Reynold has ascended the throne. I knew from almost the first page that I didn’t like Reynold very much. There was just something off with him. I’m not the only one that noticed, as various characters in the story quickly picked up on it as well. Tristram it turns out has a fairly huge secret… his father is a dragon. He has never met his actual father, but the story alludes several times to the father and I got the impression he might be very much alive. Tristram was raised by his mother and her husband, note that the husband wasn’t Tristram’s father, and it appears he might have known it.
Another major character that I enjoyed getting to know was Bet. He has an interesting background as well, but we never heard much about it. It took me a good way through the book to realize that Bet is half elf. Bet is the King’s Assassin and doer of all things that the king needs done behind the scenes.
The authors did a great job at world building in this initial foray into this series. I can’t wait to see where it goes from here. I’m not going to do a bunch of spoilers because I despise reviews like that. Let me just say that there were some surprises, particularly near the end of the story and I look forward to book two. I hope it is coming soon!
I highly recommend this one to anyone who enjoys a well written fantasy. I’ll be anxiously awaiting more from these two!
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