The Bone Raiders
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- USD 9.99
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- USD 9.99
Descripción editorial
The start of an edge-of-your-seat, action‑packed epic fantasy series from the irreverent Jackson Ford, where a wild band known as the Bone Raiders harness the power of gigantic, fire-breathing lizards to defend their homeland.
"Awesome. Masterfully executed. Frequently hilarious." — Nicholas Eames, author of Kings of the Wyld
WE DIDN'T START THE FIRE . . . BUT OUR GIANT FIRE-BREATHING LIZARDS DID.
You don't f*ck with the Rakada. The people living in the grasslands of the Tapestry call them the Bone Raiders, from their charming habit of displaying the bones of those they kill on their armour. But being a raider is tough these days. There's a new Great Khan in the Tapestry. He plans to use his sizeable military to get rid of the raider clans. And then there are the huge fire-breathing lizards that are straying into the grasslands a little too often these days.
Sayana is a raider scout. She knows that to protect their way of life, she needs do something drastic. Like convincing her clan to ride those huge lizards, instead of horses. Sayana doesn't know how to do it without being eaten and/or cooked alive, but she'd better figure it out fast - or she and her clan, along with every other raider in the Tapestry, will be wiped out.
"Ford begins this new series with quirky characters, loads of great action sequences, and his trademark brand of humor." — Booklist
"The Bone Raiders is a relentlessly cheeky, ofttimes unserious, and undisputedly rip-roaring bit of fantasy that can only be written by Jackson Ford. Badass female protagonists, found family, and giant lizards — what more do you need? Add this one to your TBR. I fully guarantee you'll be entertained." — FanFiAddict
For more from Jackson Ford, check out:
The Girl Who Could Move Sh*t With Her Mind
Random Sh*t Flying Through the Air
Eye of the Sh*t Storm
A Sh*tload of Crazy Powers
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In the Rakada series launch, Ford (the Frost Files series) crafts a gritty yet buoyant saga of raiders trading their horses for dragons. The Rakada, also called the Bone Raiders due to their skeletal armor, are fighting against the consolidation of their hunting grounds, known as the Tapestry, by the Khan of Karkorum. When their raid on a village is crashed by a giant fire-breathing lizard, Sayana, the Rakada Princess, gets swept up onto its back and clings on for dear life—before realizing the beast is rideable as a horse. This sparks an idea: if her people can harness the monsters as mounts, surely they can beat the Khan. Failing to convince the other Rakada of the wisdom of this plan, she decides to kidnap a beast trainer out of Karkorum, right under the nose of the trainer's sister, who is the Khan's Right Hand. Amid the relentless action, Ford draws from Mongol history to fully develop his Rakada protagonists, showing their moral quandaries and ethical uneasiness. This is a promising start.
