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Gods and Dragons
The Dragon of Time Book 1
by Aaron Dennis
Genre: Epic Fantasy
Gods, Dragons, a mercenary with a blade and no memory of his past.... The world of Tiamhaal is alight in war. Men ruled by kings slay their opposition in the name of their God, but there are others who claim the Gods are little more than scorned Dragons of ages past. Scar has come to find the truth, but is the truth an absolute certainty, or is it just the skewed memory of a forgotten kingdom?
Pressure
wracked Scar’s body. A piercing whistle rattled his brain. His
muscles pulled away from his bones, and he struggled to breath, to
open his eyes, but there was such a glare all around him. The ringing
in his ears subsided, and as his vision cleared, he witnessed an
expanse of something akin to glowing, orange terracotta; light
spilled from the cracks in the ground, and above him, a low sky of
golden fire sparked and crackled. “What
are you that defiles Edin?!” a
raspy voice demanded in a tone like raging infernos. Whipping
about in an effort to behold the Dragon, Scar caught sight of
shimmering, gold scales; a snake-like body undulated from within the
oppressing sky. “I am Sarkany, the Dragon Slayer!” “There
is no such thing!” “There
is. I am here to cleanse the world of your kind, Dragon.” “You
are but a fool, a machination of the Gods.” “No!
I am more than that; I am the harbinger of change. Prepare yourself,
beast, your end draws near.” He
doubted himself, though; apart from a clawed foot of gold scales
poking from the burning sky, he had not seen the entirety of Gyo.
Scar gripped his blade tightly, regulated his breathing, and spread
his feet for balance. A gout of flames large as a home exploded from
overhead. There was no way to dodge, and cringing, Scar braced
himself for an early demise, yet there was no heat, no impact, only a
blinding flash. Once it subsided, he witnessed something miraculous;
there was a sparkling barrier surrounding his form; it was the same
as the power Gilgamesh had wielded during their duel. “What’s
this? You manipulate the powers of my brethren? How?!” Gyo
thundered. “I
don’t know,” Scar whispered in disbelief. Could
it be? He
gazed at the glowing gem of Kulshedra, and taking a long inhalation,
he focused on a minute vibration, which flowed through his entire
being. From it, he forced his attention upon his armor, and the steel
plate from his chest expanded, unleashing more plates until he was
covered as Gilgamesh was. Confidence filled his bones. “Come at me,
Dragon. Show me the might of Gyo!” His
voice was unfamiliar to him, metallic. Another burst of flame from
the sky forced the warrior to shut his eyes. “Let
us see how you handle the sun itself,” the
Dragon raged. A
maw protruded from the flames; it was a strange beast with thick
whiskers, a mammalian snout, and a bushy beard, yet the razor sharp
teeth bearing down upon the warrior parted; Gyo unleashed another
gout of flame. Closing his eyes, Scar ran forwards to strike the
Dragon’s maw. No sooner had his sword vibrated in his grip from the
impact, that Gyo curled over himself and swiped his tail. The blow
sent Scar, barrier and all, sailing and skidding. Reaching out at the
hot ground to halt, the Dragon Slayer scrambled to his feet in time
to see the great, shining Gyo swimming towards him. Spinning to the
side, Scar clipped the beast’s opened mouth, cutting through his
cheek. Gyo
hissed like hundreds of exploding geysers, yet he curled his
serpentine body again, gripped the man in his rear talon, thus
shattering the barrier in a glimmering display, and immediately
started an ascent into the flaming sky. It was evident Gyo was a
fiercer Dragon than his brothers, Zmaj and Kulshedra, and Scar feared
the flames raging over Edin. Fighting the pressure from a speedy
flight, he braced his boot against a massive thigh, slashed as he
twisted his body, and sliced through golden armor. The injury near
the Dragon’s abdomen halted the beast for a second, and Scar
capitalized by thrusting his blade deep into the wound and twisting.
The Dragon dropped the warrior, and he plummeted back to the terracotta. Looking
up, he saw only flames. “Where are you, Dragon?!” From
landing on hand and knees, he righted himself and spun around in time
to receive another gush of fire. Unable to erect a barrier in time,
the agonizing heat charred his skin, but before severe injury was
done, Gyo took him by the legs and flew just above the ground,
scraping the warrior along the way. Such rage and fury welled from
within the giant, he screamed and jammed his blade into the ground;
the act freed him from the Dragon’s grasp, but as Gyo flew over
him, he struck him across the helmet with his tail, and once more,
the Dragon of the Sun vanished into the sky. The
bladesman stumbled, panting, waiting for his body to heal, waiting
for the Dragon to reappear. A tingle accosted his spine, and he
looked up to see spread jaws ready to end him. With a mighty, war
cry, Scar focused on the power of Kulshedra; an explosion of energy
propelled him and his blade ever upwards, through the monster’s
palate, through his skull, and as the once ferocious Gyo crumpled
like wet rope, Scar careened from the sky amidst shattered scales and
into the mass of golden mist swirling away from the dead Dragon. Writhing
around the disintegrating innards, Scar felt the pressure of Edin’s
rupture. With the beast dead, and its soul entering the gem, the
whole of the Dragon’s realm shattered, leaving Scar in a heap.
With the death of Kulshedra, Dragon of Truth, it has been revealed that Scar, the mercenary, is in fact Sarkany, the Dragon Slayer, a creature fashioned for the sole purpose of purging the Dragons from the world of Tiamhaal, yet such a thing is not so simple.
Kings and queens yet war amongst one another. They, too, lie, connive, and coerce, and so, Scar and his friends must find a way to persuade those few, benevolent rulers to band together.
In the midst of peace talks and dead Dragons, those still in the worship of the beasts grow more powerful. Some of them even doubly praise their oppressor in an effort to wield more magic.
Now, united with his friends, Scar sets his gaze upon a hopeful horizon, but is strength in numbers sufficient to keep the Dragons from completing their machinations?
Dragons have posed as Gods, but the Dragon Slayer has come to Tiamhaal bearing retribution. Sarkany, avatar of Eternus, the Dragon of Time, known to his friends and enemies as Scar, has slain four Dragons; Kulshedra, the Dragon of Truth, Zmaj, the Dragon of Destruction, Gyo, the Dragon of the Sun, and Drac, the Dragon of fire, but there are yet many beasts left. Scheming and concocting, the capricious beasts grow in power as their brethren fall. Their goal; to once again walk Tiamhaal in the flesh. Scar must gather his friends to rebuild an old kingdom, thus alighting the Dragon Wars anew.
Dennis has been writing for 8 years and has accomplished a great deal in a short amount of time. Apart from writing and creating some wonderful stories, he learned editing from working with Chuck Sambuchino. His creative skills are easily recognized in books like War and Glory where scifi and horror are mixed, or books like Cayneian, where fantasy and horror are mixed, but he also portrays a great many psychological and philosophical issues throughout his writing.
Producers can check his list of titles at his Kirkus proconnect page.
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