[First post here!]
Wow, The Rage of Dragons by Evan Winter is phenomenal. I couldn't put it down. The (to me) unique fantasy elements such as enraging, the fighting, the terminology (Ingonyama, to god knows what else) and caste/class system, it's just a brilliant and unique book.
It's part of a series but argh, only book one is out!
I'd highly recommend this book. It's also quite short.
Posted Apr 11, 2018, 7:18 PM UTC
Agreed! Just finished as well. It's infuriating in the way that only a great book with no sequel can be. Pissed that I can't know more about the world building. The mysterious curse they were running from is left dangling tantalizingly in front of the reader with no payoff. Didn't get into the why, how, or what it is.
My only complaint is the romantic relationship with the main character is not fleshed out enough. It seemed to imply they had barely talked before both their lives completely changed, Tau treats her like crap, yet she is still head over heals.
Great fun though. I demolished that book in a couple days.
Are you aware of anything as good as this? I'm desperate for another book :)
It's in my to-read pile!
Move it to the top 😂
Just might!
In my to read pile but gonna wait until we get more in the series.
i read it at the beginning of the year after stumbling into one of his threads via r/all that he created to promote it being $0.99 on amazon. he told me it was dark fantasy, on par with ASoIaF. i love dark books, so i gave it shot.
holy shit did i love that book! that book made me finally use the kindle app my phone so i could read at work while i was waiting for reports to run. i chewed through that book in no time, i cant wait for the sequel. i loved that he just jumped right in to the dragons fucking shit up.
i commented back and forth with the author in his thread, and he told me he will more than likely include a map in the second book so we can get a better idea of the geography.
such cool concepts in that book. it reminded me vaguely of Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver in some aspects.
link to the thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comments/7h9muw/hey_rfantasy_my_book_the_rage_of_dragons_is_on/
Amazing. I got it cheap on Amazon too.
The pace really gripped me too. I destroyed the first chapter in no time.
I did struggle with mapping the Crag, etc out in my head so I'm glad he'll have a map.