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Dragon Fate (War of the Blades Book 1) Kindle Edition

by J.D. Hallowell (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars 705 ratings
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Dragon Fate, the first novel in J.D. Hallowell's War of the Blades, is a heroic fantasy adventure in the classic tradition of the genre. Delno Okonan is a young former soldier eager to put the swords and strife of war behind him, when a chance encounter leaves him inextricably entwined in a tangled web of dragons, magic, and intrigue, as he struggles to find his place among dragons and men, and stave off a plot by renegade dragon riders that threatens all he now holds dear.

New Orleans Books calls it one of the top 5 independent and small-press titles more people should be reading.

"Excellent...really well-written and compelling."
~ Geoffrey Kabaservice, author of "Rule and Ruin"

"If you are a fan of Fantasy and dragon-lore, it would be hard to go wrong with Dragon Fate....Action, adventure, and, of course, dragons. You will not be sorry for downloading this."
~ Adam Byrn Tritt, author of "Ezekiel's Wheel"
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    War of the Blades
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  3. Language
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  5. Publication date
    December 3, 2013
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    13 - 18 years
  7. Grade level
    9 - 12
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Editorial Reviews

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"...masterfully blends traditional fantasy with a somewhat more modern writing style. The worlds, the characters, and the plots were well defined, well developed, and creatively imagined. It was a wonderful read that you're not going to want to miss!" - Indie Review magazine, March 2013 issue

About the Author

J.D. Hallowell, author of the internationally-bestselling epic fantasy novels, Dragon Fate and Dragon Blade,writes fantasy and science fiction. He lives on the Space Coast of Florida with his wife, his son, and his Great Dane service dog.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B006OT9IKO
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Smithcraft Press (December 3, 2013)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ December 3, 2013
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 689 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 374 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars 705 ratings

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I'm a 60-ish father and husband who is fortunate enough to have lived an interesting and active life. I've had one fantasy series, War of the Blades, published, and I have several other fantasy and SF projects in the works. I like to keep many irons in the fire at once, so my work experiences include such diverse occupations as automotive mechanic, cowboy, photographer, psychiatric tech, paralegal assistant, bouncer, and medical billing clerk. I studied martial arts for over 30 years. I've been a soldier and an emergency medical technician, and I served as the chief of a volunteer ambulance squad. I was a diamond courier for a while, and later owned a working kennel where I trained dogs for law enforcement as well as personal protection, and most recently, I've trained service dogs, including for myself. I don't get around much now (I've been shot, stabbed, blown up, bludgeoned, poisoned, and even had harsh language directed toward me, if you can believe it, and it takes its toll), but I write whenever I can. I have pretty wide-ranging interests and hobbies, including, but not limited to, history, archery, paleontology, cooking, RPGs (the games, not the weapons) and making jewelry. I live on the Space Coast of Florida with my wife, my son, and my Great Dane service dog, until I can convince the rest of my family and friends to move to Arizona.

If you want to get in touch with me to ask questions, leave comments or feedback, or request review copies or appearances, you can find me on the Web on:

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Goodreads.com: (http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5407284.J_D_Hallowell)

or you can e-mail me at:

JDHallowellBooks@gmail.com

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Ch'kara SilverWolf
5.0 out of 5 stars Totally Awesome Read
Reviewed in the United States on June 16, 2013
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I truly loved this book. It has everything a good fantasy quest needs. It has romance, intrigue, adventure, Elves and magik.

It is a testament to the author that his incredible knowledge of dragons has brought this story to life. I love a story that has me feeling as if I am a part of it and I was not disappointed. I could feel the wind on my skin as I soared through the air upon the backs of dragons.

Delno is a strong character, with a humbleness that endears him to you while at the same time being a strong leader.

I always enjoy the journey of good versus evil and there were many interesting twists and turns. There was also a hint of elves and their knowledge being brought forward.

This book for me, is a wonderful fantasy quest with the main character Delno, bonding with his dragon Geneva and surrounded by his companions, Nat, Brock, Rita and a host of others coming together to fight against evil.

I am about to start reading book two and am eagerly looking forward to the further adventures of Delno and Geneva.
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Linell Jeppsen
4.0 out of 5 stars Lush and Detailed Dragon fantasy~
Reviewed in the United States on March 1, 2013
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J.D. Hallowell has written a lush, and detailed novel about dragons and their riders in Dragon Fate. Delno, a restless young soldier, stumbles across a wounded dragon one day. After helping her deliver an "egg-bound" baby dragon, he finds himself bonded to the baby and suddenly living (and learning) life as a dragon rider.
This is a fairly long account (only Book One) and much of this tale involves Delno's need to understand the creature in his care. There is a lot of detailed descriptions of dragons, their physiques, their mentality, their pecking orders and mating habits.
Furthermore, Delno has suddenly inherited much of his dragon's magical power, which he needs to develop if he is to survive the political, and sometimes hostile world of the dragon riders. For all is not well in the kingdoms...

Positives-
This is a very well-written novel with easy dialogue, and an understandable, straight-forward plot-line.
The author is meticulous in his descriptions- nothing is left unanswered, or to the reader's imagination.
The characters are well- defined- either quite good, or really bad.

Negatives-
I want to be careful here, because, as a writer, I know that one of my pit-falls is NOT ENOUGH EXPLANATION! I have left more questions than answers in some of my books and I am striving to over-come that tendency.
However, if I had a problem with this novel, it's the over-abundance of information that, at times, bogged the story down. I felt that, in some places, we could have jumped ahead in Delno and Geneva's journey and gotten to the meat of the story and the action much quicker. (When the reader does get to experience the action scenes, they are really good ones!)

There are a few minor editing nits... nothing big- some comma issues, and spelling mistakes that could be easily rectified.

One of these days, when I finally get to the bottom of my fat TBR list, I will pick up the next in the series. I am hoping, now that the author has set the back story, he will dazzle me with the rest of the plot-line. As I said, it can't be easy to describe a battle in the sky between dragons, or complicated magical constructs without having some good writing chops. Hallowell has already proven he has the skill- I will be interested to learn how Delno and Geneva get on.

Nice job- 4 stars!
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Wise Young
5.0 out of 5 stars very thoughtful and scientific approach to explaining dragons
Reviewed in the United States on May 20, 2014
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In my opinion, This is one of the best dragon books written since the Dragons of Pern . The author was remarkably detailed in his explanation of dragons, their anatomy and physiology, and why they bond with human riders. The story was also meticulously crafted with well-developed characters and plot, fast and authentic action scenes, and very few loose ends. It was a pleasure to read with many memorable passages and strong moral sense. If there had been more gratuitous violence and sex,this would have been like Game of Thrones. I guess the author was not as interested in exploring the dark side of men and dragons. This was more than made up by the careful scientific explanations of the nature and magic of dragons.
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A-10 Egress
5.0 out of 5 stars Turns out to be a Really, Really good Story Line!
Reviewed in the United States on February 17, 2013
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This story turned out to be really good and I just bought the next book. Now I know a lot of people out there are all hung up on the Spelling and Grammar of some of the new writers coming out. BUT, I don't care! I'm in it for the story!

This story follows Delno on his journey through life and how he becomes a Dragon Rider. The writer (J.D. Hallowell) took just the right amount of time to build his world and his characters up and the story (in my opinion) flows just nicely. It got me hooked and then I couldn’t put it down. I really like how the author spends time on Dragons and how “He” explains this version, of how he sees them. I really did like that.

I would recommend this book to all “Dragon Rider” readers. It’s a Really, Really good book!
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4.0 out of 5 stars Loved the book but the end gets rushed
Reviewed in the United States on August 10, 2020
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This was a difficult over for me to rate. I almost gave it 3 stars. The story progression evolved at a pace that kept me wanting to read more without getting bored. However the last couple chapters it felt as if my favorite series had the next season cancelled and was trying to wrap everything up in one episode. Closure is great but it felt a bit lackluster at the end. Part of me wants to read the next book, another part is fearing getting pumped up on the next story only to have it fall it at the end again.

Overall I gave this the fourth star as I would rather have the closure than not, but to get five stars, it would need to do something with the adrenalin buildup instead of leaving the reader wondering why the fight ended so soon.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Very enjoyable
Reviewed in the United States on September 15, 2013
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This novel is a breath of fresh air. It is a moderately paced easy to read story that kept me enthralled throughout the entire book ( for the second time). The sound writing seamlessly moved between descriptive and conversational styles, where the characters were a mixture of heroes, villains , dragons, beasts, other unusual fantasy fanfare but with a uniqueness that added depth, colour & humour creating a truly rich often laugh out loud enjoyable story line. Well done Mr Hallowell, I love the series so far. Highly recommend for reading 5++.
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heather
5.0 out of 5 stars I loved it!
Reviewed in Canada on March 29, 2018
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One of the best books I've read. Reminiscent of the Pern series. I loved it!
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Sarah Adams
5.0 out of 5 stars BEST BOOK EVER.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 22, 2018
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The cover is a bit plain , but as they say you should never judge a book by its cover. The story is so inchanting you can bearly take your eyes of it. Once I started reading this book it is all I can think about ; reading this becomes the first thing I do in the morning and the last thing I do before I go to bed. If I could I would give it a million and eleven out of five, bit alsa there is not enough space on my screen to fit a million and eleven regular sized stars.
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Lee_Enfield223
5.0 out of 5 stars well written worth the $$$ spent
Reviewed in Australia on April 12, 2014
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for the money I would buy more books from this author as I have paid $10 or more $$ for some kindle books and have been disappointed, but this story keeps you guessing and moves along at a good pace
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Coral Anne Cressey
4.0 out of 5 stars Good And Engaging
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 6, 2022
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This was good and engaging top read and I found the characters alright, but not spectacular. The fights were also good and yet the right at the end was brilliantly written and was well paced. Yet the teensy at the end was alright and, I did find the dialogue good to read, sometimes it was too much and needed to have something to cut in it. But all in all it has good potential, so I might continue someone down the line.
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B . Kats
4.0 out of 5 stars i was enterain by a well told story.
Reviewed in Canada on July 28, 2018
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I enjoyed the book. We are taken into the world of dragon 's and their riders. It's not over the top. Not to much sex. The main people come across as real, and not to overly heroic. Looking forwarded to book two .thank you Mr. . Hallowell
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