Winner of the National Indie Excellence Award for Fantasy 2021 Bronze Medal Winner for YA Epic Fantasy in the Reader\'s Favorite Award 2021 Holt Cook was never meant to be a dragon rider.
The start of a new dragon rider epic readers of beloved classics like Eragon, Pern and Temeraire are sure to love, with the hard magic readers of Brandon Sanderson devour!.
A unique energy which may tip the balance in the battles to come, and prove to the world that a servant is worthy after all.
He must cultivate the mysterious power of his dragon\'s magical core.
Holt has one chance to survive.
The dragon riders are being slaughtered and betrayal lurks in the shadows.
Undead hordes roam the land, spreading the blight and leaving destruction in their wake.
But the Scourge is rising.
Moved by pity, Holt defies the Order, rescues a doomed egg and vows to protect the blind dragon within.
Until he discovers a dark secret: dragons do not tolerate weakness among their kin, killing the young they deem flawed.
He has always served the Order Hall of the Crag dutifully, keeping their kitchen pots clean.
Winner of the National Indie Excellence Award for Fantasy 2021 Bronze Medal Winner for YA Epic Fantasy in the Reader\'s Favorite Award 2021 Holt Cook was never meant to be a dragon rider