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<blockquote data-quote="Goonalan" data-source="post: 8649726" data-attributes="member: 16069"><p><strong>#163 The Rage by Richard Lee Byers (Rogue Dragons 1) </strong></p><p><strong>Read 27/5/22 to 29/5/22</strong></p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]249630[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>I bloody loved it...</p><p></p><p>That feels better, it's an adventuring party and they're schtick is they kill dragons, sorry... Dragons! In all shapes and guises, and why? Because Dorn (the half-golem, pauses for laughter) was torched/burnt as a child when his parents died in a terrifying DRAGON! attack. I'm glad we got done with that early because it's the kind of thing that you could trip-over later, and get angry about. Exposition early, and the sillier it is (and this one is pretty silly) then the earlier it needs to be in the text. First page.</p><p></p><p>Oh, and the wizard who owned Dorn's ma and pa (RIP- DRAGONS!) spent all of his time and energy turning young Dorn into a half-golem, yes... that's how we get to this.</p><p></p><p>Right, semi-ridiculous opening aside, done with- forgotten about. The rest is great stuff, in no-particular order we have-</p><p></p><p>A young feller who thinks he's got what at takes, let's call him Gorstag, he infiltrates the Cult of the Dragon because he thinks he's working for the Harpers now. He ain't. Sorry- SPOILER. He's actually working for...</p><p></p><p>Brimstone, a vampiric dragon, a draco-vamp. Brimstone is great, however he's been cast off as second best by...</p><p></p><p>Sammaster, and he's a remarkably calm and collected big bad guy, and pleasant with it, well... pleasant-ish, he likes trees and the forest, so that's nice. But the good guys are are hunting him down, because he's got a RAGE canon (or something similar, you'll have to read it to find out) which makes DRAGONS! RAGE- all dragons, even the good ones. Oh, and he invented the Cult of the Dragons, he's the big cheese in the cult- and (maybe) back from the dead.</p><p></p><p>With Dorn is Will the halfling (need I say more- light-fingered lovable scamp, nope- done); Pavel, priest of the Morninglord, and voice of reason and Raryn who is a trippy (it is what it is) dwarven warrior from t'north. Dorn is crazy in his head, the three above generally talk him around to the sensible option very time- it's fun to watch. Almost LOL at times.</p><p></p><p>Then there's Kara, she's a song dragon, damn! SPOILER. </p><p></p><p>Dorn hates dragons, they killed his... but Kara is so...</p><p></p><p>Then there are high and mighty gold dragons, and then there are silver dragons that snap to attention every time a gold speaks, and then there's Chatulio (Bronze Dragon) and he's a bundle of laughs/tricks.</p><p></p><p>Just like Jivex the Faerie Dragon, he's a hoot too!</p><p></p><p>Then there's Northkeep, a sunken city in the deepest part of the Moonsea, and it has dragons too, including a bunch of the skeletal variety and a Styx Dragon. Oh, and also lots of wraiths.</p><p></p><p>Then there's Taegan, and god knows why he's arrived so late in this list because we spend about a third of the book with the fencing master. Taegan is Gorstag's fencing tutor, he's there for the young spy's last words... and then after various visitations by the Cult of the Dragon, including the one in which they burn his fencing school down. Well, Taegan is up for adventure, at which point Dorn and the gang arrive and it just snowballs.</p><p></p><p>I'm not saying this is a work of genius, it does however have good characters (for/from D&D world), lots of great locations, and encounters, and bad folk, and good folk, and a rip-roaring story that's simple to follow and fun, fun, fun.</p><p></p><p>So, I liked this one a lot. I would have read it in two days but I deliberately put it down so that I could savour it.</p><p></p><p>Stay safe and well.</p><p></p><p>Read.</p><p></p><p>Cheers goonalan. </p><p></p><p>Oh, and then there's the bit where Taegan somehow convinces some kind of elven dragon, which is massive by the way, to come back to life and fight for the land/forest/elves/them again.</p><p></p><p>There's probably lots of other stuff I've forgotten to include in the above- OH! The Zhent, damn! But you get me, it's rammed.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Goonalan, post: 8649726, member: 16069"] [B]#163 The Rage by Richard Lee Byers (Rogue Dragons 1) Read 27/5/22 to 29/5/22[/B] [ATTACH type="full" width="184px"]249630[/ATTACH] I bloody loved it... That feels better, it's an adventuring party and they're schtick is they kill dragons, sorry... Dragons! In all shapes and guises, and why? Because Dorn (the half-golem, pauses for laughter) was torched/burnt as a child when his parents died in a terrifying DRAGON! attack. I'm glad we got done with that early because it's the kind of thing that you could trip-over later, and get angry about. Exposition early, and the sillier it is (and this one is pretty silly) then the earlier it needs to be in the text. First page. Oh, and the wizard who owned Dorn's ma and pa (RIP- DRAGONS!) spent all of his time and energy turning young Dorn into a half-golem, yes... that's how we get to this. Right, semi-ridiculous opening aside, done with- forgotten about. The rest is great stuff, in no-particular order we have- A young feller who thinks he's got what at takes, let's call him Gorstag, he infiltrates the Cult of the Dragon because he thinks he's working for the Harpers now. He ain't. Sorry- SPOILER. He's actually working for... Brimstone, a vampiric dragon, a draco-vamp. Brimstone is great, however he's been cast off as second best by... Sammaster, and he's a remarkably calm and collected big bad guy, and pleasant with it, well... pleasant-ish, he likes trees and the forest, so that's nice. But the good guys are are hunting him down, because he's got a RAGE canon (or something similar, you'll have to read it to find out) which makes DRAGONS! RAGE- all dragons, even the good ones. Oh, and he invented the Cult of the Dragons, he's the big cheese in the cult- and (maybe) back from the dead. With Dorn is Will the halfling (need I say more- light-fingered lovable scamp, nope- done); Pavel, priest of the Morninglord, and voice of reason and Raryn who is a trippy (it is what it is) dwarven warrior from t'north. Dorn is crazy in his head, the three above generally talk him around to the sensible option very time- it's fun to watch. Almost LOL at times. Then there's Kara, she's a song dragon, damn! SPOILER. Dorn hates dragons, they killed his... but Kara is so... Then there are high and mighty gold dragons, and then there are silver dragons that snap to attention every time a gold speaks, and then there's Chatulio (Bronze Dragon) and he's a bundle of laughs/tricks. Just like Jivex the Faerie Dragon, he's a hoot too! Then there's Northkeep, a sunken city in the deepest part of the Moonsea, and it has dragons too, including a bunch of the skeletal variety and a Styx Dragon. Oh, and also lots of wraiths. Then there's Taegan, and god knows why he's arrived so late in this list because we spend about a third of the book with the fencing master. Taegan is Gorstag's fencing tutor, he's there for the young spy's last words... and then after various visitations by the Cult of the Dragon, including the one in which they burn his fencing school down. Well, Taegan is up for adventure, at which point Dorn and the gang arrive and it just snowballs. I'm not saying this is a work of genius, it does however have good characters (for/from D&D world), lots of great locations, and encounters, and bad folk, and good folk, and a rip-roaring story that's simple to follow and fun, fun, fun. So, I liked this one a lot. I would have read it in two days but I deliberately put it down so that I could savour it. Stay safe and well. Read. Cheers goonalan. Oh, and then there's the bit where Taegan somehow convinces some kind of elven dragon, which is massive by the way, to come back to life and fight for the land/forest/elves/them again. There's probably lots of other stuff I've forgotten to include in the above- OH! The Zhent, damn! But you get me, it's rammed. [/QUOTE]
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