Dragon Forged

Stubborn, vulnerable, animated characters

DRAGON FORGED is the tenth instalment in Donna Grant’s adult DRAGON KINGS paranormal, fantasy romance series set in the author’s multi-interconnected series. This is Dragon King of Sea Green Hector, and seer Emilia’s story line. DRAGON FORGED can be read as a stand alone but for back story and cohesion, I recommend reading the series in order as there is an ongoing premise throughout.

NOTE: Due to the nature of the story line premise, there may be triggers for more sensitive readers.

SOME BACKGROUND: For tens of thousands of years the Dragons have lived and ruled on Earth but a war between the dragons and humans forced the Dragon Kings to send the other dragons through a portal into an unknown world. Fast forward to present day, the portal has been revealed, and the Dragon Kings have been reunited in Zora, with their family and kin, but hoping to have left their struggles behind, there is always a new enemy taking aim at the Dragons Kings.

Told from dual omniscient third person perspective (Hector and Emilia) DRAGON FORGED follows in the wake of the discovery of a cave, an entry into an unknown world known as Highvale. Dragon Kings Hector and Marcus were bored, and decided to explore Iron Hall, the underground city they knew little about but a force compels Hector to travel further where he will find himself a virtual prisoner in the village of Highvale, where his magic is locked and he is unable to return to the Iron Hall. Emilia is a powerful seer, and believes she is working for the good of the people of Highvale but within hours of Hector’s arrival, Emilia begins to discover there is more to Hector’s entrance than she could have ever imagined. Hoping she has not been betrayed, Emilia finds herself working to free our story line hero, a man who is trapped in more ways than one.

The world building traverses between Highvale and Iron Hall. Rhi is forced to venture through to a world she knows nothing about, a world that has trapped Hector but all is not as it appears to be, and Hector pushes Rhi to warn the Kings about the magical powers, powers that feel familiar yet not.

The relationship between Emilia and Hector begins as a betrayal in which Emilia if the impetus to bring Hector to Highvale but Emilia suspects her part in the lure is more of a ruse, and deception plays a role in the death and destruction of the people in power. As Emilia begins to trust the man to whom she betrayed, Hector begins to focus on the possibility of his own happily ever after. The $ex scenes are limited but passionate and seductive.

There is a large ensemble cast of familiar, colorful and magical secondary and supporting characters many of whom we have met throughout the numerous interconnected Dragon Kings/ Dark Kings series. We are introduced to a young orphan Teo, as well as several members of the Highvale Council, and Emila’s best friend Agathi. The requisite evil has many faces.

DRAGON FORGED is a story of secrets and lies, betrayal and vengeance, manipulation and magic, forgiveness and love. The premise is inviting and intriguing yet a familiar story line thesis; the characters are stubborn, vulnerable, animated and resilient; the romance is impassioned.