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In Dragon Moon Rising, the true story of the race of
dragons is traced back to its roots…, over six-hundred
years back, before the veil of a violently evil spell
was cast over the once honorable dragon race. To a time
when man and dragon lived as one, creating a strong
world of peace. In this distant past, a young and novice
wizard named Imbrasius, and his dragon companion,
Hilengard, adventured through the land of Derkesthai
together. Their happy days were not to last, as a cruel
plague sprang forth and conquered the kingdom of Tlivus
like no army could. Its cruel hand took Imbrasius’
family from him before he could become the healer he
knew he could be. The embittered and vengeful Imbrasius
traveled to the Capital city of Elevstad and arduously
learned to defeat the plague with the aid of loyal
Hilengard. Word of the young wizard’s miracles spread
like an ocean wave, reaching even the oldest and wisest
of dragons, Dragon Lord Heridosus. The wise Dragon Lord
summonsed the companions to him, then leading them to
the human leader, King Argus. The trio arrived to find
only a shattered shell of what the King once was, for he
had lost his mind with the deaths of his family. Now he
stood sobbing tragically over his last child, the dying
Princess Lisinda. To the three visitors, it was clear
Lisinda was too far gone. Yet Imbrasius couldn’t turn
his back and, valiantly, he attempted what was clearly
beyond reach. The Dragon Lord Heridosus, seeing Lisinda
slipping away, and Imbrasius waning, granted the wizard
power that gave the healing the smallest chance, the old
dragon sacrificing himself in the process. Through this,
and his own efforts, Imbrasius succeeded, and the
Princess lived!
Yet, there was a secretly sad and terrible price paid by
the great Imbrasius— he had pulled the plague within
himself to contain its evil force. Bound to Imbrasius
so, the plague would viciously eat away at this
otherwise good wizard for hundreds of years. Imbrasius
became the embodied scourge of Derkesthai, powerfully
melting all good from the land and turning dragon and
mankind to solely evil deeds. While he enslaved much of
the human populace in his centuries-long rule, the fate
of rebellious dragons was unarguably far worse.
Now, at the beginning of our novel, a young and naïve
dragon named Lessiam is thrust into the midst of this
madness, awakening mysteriously from a spell that had,
unbeknownst to him, turned him to stone for centuries.
He had taken a “short nap” in his happy world of harmony
and fun only to awaken centuries later to find a land of
devastation, engendered by centuries of iron rule by the
possessed Imbrasius. The narrative flows back and forth
from Lessiam’s viewpoint to that of a serious, desperate
protagonist named Jos. Lessiam meets Jos early in the
book, rescuing the pitiful lad from a nearly fatal
encounter with the masters of the slave camp from which
Jos has escaped. The book, and series, centers itself
squarely around these questions: Can these two lone
sparks of Lessiam and Jos form a rare companionship of
dragon and man? Can they indeed flame, to firestorm
proportions, a rebellion that will save their planet
before all hope is lost? Finally, will they be able to
kill, or even heal, the all-powerful Imbrasius? That’s
Dragon Moon Rising and The Derkesthai Trilogy.
Visit the store page to get your copy and I'll see you
in Derkesthai!
Best Wishes for a great autumn, Daniel O'Connor,
Author
Note: "Derkesthai"
is the Greek source of the word "dragon" and means "to
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