She decided to take a firmer hand with the Council. She thought of herself as a leader who ruled with consent and compromise, but a good ruler would not have let her people come to this, fighting for survival beyond the edge of the known world. She could rule by fiat, but that was not her way. The last few days of discussion had made Taifa want to force them to her will. The coterie were nearing the end of their work, but it galled Taifa, having to explain Gifted matters to the Council’s women. They knew the Chosen couldn’t defeat the savages through strength of arms, even with their Gifted, and they reminded Taifa that she had promised Dragons. It had become difficult, dealing with the Council. The savages had launched another attack and, somehow, they had gotten around the Chosen’s front lines. Her Vizier had interrupted a meeting with the Ruling Council, ushering her to the foredeck. This is a promising start to a new series and the next book is slated to be published in summer 2020.Queen Taifa rushed from the main room of her cabin on the Targon. The magic system is fresh and unique, and behind the powers of the gifted lie dark secrets. The story never lets up and the vividly painted sequences in the underworld will leave you gasping for air. Readers who love a fast-paced fantasy novel will embrace The Rage of Dragons. He will do anything to acquire this strength, even if it means risking his life - or surrendering himself to the monsters in the underworld.

To stand a fighting chance against the killers responsible, Tau will have to get much stronger as quickly as possible. But when he loses a loved one because he has caused offence to a noble, Tau vows revenge.

His original plan is to fake an injury so he has an excuse to stay home. Like Kaladin in The Stormlight Archive series, he starts off as a nobody.īeing a “Lesser” in a world where people are strictly divided into classes, Tau knows he is going to end up being a dispensable front-line soldier and die fighting the endless war in which his tribe has been engaged for hundreds of years. Men who are gifted can temporarily turn into giants and gain superhuman strength. Women who are gifted can draw power from the underworld and command dragons by summoning them and controlling them with their minds. In this African-inspired fantasy world created by debut author Evan Winter, a very select few are born gifted. The story begins by dropping readers right into an epic battle - with dragons, of course.

It doesn’t give lengthy explanations to introduce the players or the world they live in. The Rage of Dragons doesn’t start with elaborate descriptions to set the scene.

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