The Dragons of Deepwood Fen
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4.7 • 3 Ratings
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- $17.99
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- $17.99
Publisher Description
This 1st book in a new fantasy series from the author of the acclaimed Song of the Shattered Sands series follows an unlikely pair as they expose the secrets at the heart of the mountain city of Ancris.
Lorelei Aurelius is the smartest inquisitor in the mountain city of Ancris. When a mysterious tip leads her to a clandestine meeting between the Church and the hated Red Knives, she uncovers a plot that threatens not only her home but the empire itself.
The trail leads her to Rylan Holbrooke, a notorious thief posing as a dragon singer. Rylan came to Ancris to solve the very same mystery she stumbled onto. Knowing his incarceration could lead to the Red Knives’ achieving their goals, Lorelei makes a fateful decision: she frees him.
Now branded as traitors, the two flee the city on dragonback. In the massive forest known as the Holt, they discover something terrible. The Red Knives are planning to awaken a powerful demigod in the holiest shrine in Ancris, and for some reason the Church is willing to allow it. It forces their return to Ancris, where the unlikely allies must rally the very people who’ve vowed to capture them before it’s too late.
Explore the mountain city of Ancris, where fast-paced adventure and intrigue abound. in this new offering from the author of the acclaimed Song of the Shattered Sands series.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
With this cinematic and heartwarming adventure, Beaulieu (A Desert Torn Asunder) begins a new epic fantasy series set in the Holt, a reluctant vassal state of a vast empire and a land steeped in magic, dragons, and the legacy of an ancient war. Calling to mind Game of Thrones, Beaulieu uses six perspectives to weave a satisfying, complex web of mystery and lore. Rylan, bastard son of the elected ruler of the Holt, tames dragons by day and teams up with his own acid-spitting dragon Vedron to harry the empire by night. When he's approached by the Red Knives, a group of militant, anti-imperial rebels living in the Deepwood Fens territory, he becomes an unwilling participant in their larger plot alongside Rhiannon, a child with unusual magical talent. Lorelei, an investigator in one the empire's capital cities, adds an element of noir, while the politicians that stymie her investigations—Ordren, the Hissing Man, and Azariah—add some villainy to the mix and up the stakes. Though the worldbuilding is not especially inventive, Beaulieu delivers plenty of witty repartee and brings old tropes to life with new intricacies. Epic fantasy fans will feel right at home in this fun, familiar world.
