Rage of Dragons

(The Burning #1)

Paperback, 576 pages

English language

Published Feb. 25, 2020 by Orbit.

ISBN:
9780316489775

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Game of Thrones meets Gladiator in this blockbuster debut epic fantasy about a world caught in an eternal war, and the young man who will become his people's only hope for survival. Winner of the Reddit/Fantasy Award for Best Debut Fantasy Novel.

The Omehi people have been fighting an unwinnable war for almost two hundred years. The lucky ones are born gifted. One in every two thousand women has the power to call down dragons. One in every hundred men is able to magically transform himself into a bigger, stronger, faster killing machine.

Everyone else is fodder, destined to fight and die in the endless war.

Young, gift-less Tau knows all this, but he has a plan of escape. He's going to get himself injured, get out early, and settle down to marriage, children, and land. Only, he doesn't get the chance.

Those closest to him are brutally murdered, and …

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  • Fantasy
  • Fiction
  • High Fantasy