Dragon Blood - Omnibus (Unabridged)
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Publisher Description
A thousand years have passed since a dragon has been seen in the world. Science and technology have replaced magic, which has dwindled until it has become little more than an element of myth and legend.
There are those who still have dragon blood flowing through their veins, distant descendants of the mighty creatures of old. These rare humans have the power to cast magic, the power to heal, and the power to craft alchemical weapons capable of starting wars...or ending them. But they are feared for those powers, and in recent centuries they have been hunted nearly to extinction.
The few remaining survivors must find a way to change how humanity perceives them or be lost to the world forever.
The Dragon Blood Omnibus includes three full-length novels of action, magic, and romance: Balanced on the Blade's Edge, book one; Deathmaker, book two; Blood Charged, book three.
Customer Reviews
Dragon Blood
Great book
Great new series!
I've been a huge fan of Lindsay's "Emperor's Edge" series, especially the first three books narrated by Starla Hutchdon. This new series is also excellent. Caitlin Davies does a wonderful job of narration, with unique and interesting voices for all the characters.
There are two points that grate on my nerves though:
1. Caitlin's inability to enunciate "t's" in the middle of common words, like mountain, certain, etc. Normally this would just be an annoyance in the part of an average person, but in a narrator is is less forgivable. The editor of the audiobook series should have caught this glaring issue and brought it to Ms. Davies' attention so she could correct it with the help of a voice coach or even a speech therapist. It is a shame for this lone flaw to hold back her otherwise considerable talents.
2. Lindsay's use of the expression, "try and" is likewise infuriating. One does not "try and" accomplish a given action. One "tries to" perform a given action. Again, a competent editor would have caught this on the very first draft of her first book and would never have allowed this error to be compounded across many books and audiobooks of numerous series! For that matter, even Word's built in grammar check function should have caught and corrected this glaring error as she typed it.
These two matters may seem trivial, but I have no doubt that Ms. Buroker paid a fair amount of money to copy editors and editors of her audiobook series in order to ensure they were produced in a professional manner. She had a reasonable expectation that these people would perform their jobs in a competent manner. This was not the case, and she did not get her money's worth.
It is important that these errors be corrected going forward, since they reflect negatively upon Ms. Buroker's professionalism. That being said, I still highly recommend this series and hope that these shortcomings will be corrected going forward.