He'd done as his queen had asked.įrom The Rage of Dragons by Evan Winter ©2019. He couldn't hold the ground he'd taken, but he'd given her time. More than that, Tsiory had taken the beach, pushed into the tree line, and marched the bulk of his army deeper into the peninsula. The last few days had been filled with fighting, but his soldiers had beaten back the natives. Losing against the savages would mean the end of his people, and that Tsiory could not permit. Most of the ships had been scavenged for resources, broken to pieces, so the Omehi could survive. The last of the twenty-five hundred ships had arrived, and every woman, man, and child who was left of the Chosen was now on this hostile land. She wanted him to hold the beach and push into the territory beyond it, and that was what he was doing. He told himself he had to be here, where the fighting was thickest.

He didn't want to think he was punishing her. It'd been three days since he'd last gone to the ships to see Taifa. He needed rest and was unlikely to get it. He tried to stand tall, wanting to project an image of strength for the military leaders with him, but he swayed slightly, a blade of grass in an imperceptible breeze. Tsiory stared at the incomplete maps laid out on the command tent's only table.

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Evan Winter's The Rage of Dragons series is African-inspired fantasy rooted in the real world.The Rage of Dragons was on the Canada Reads 2020 longlist. Born in England to South American parents, he now lives in Markham, Ont. The Rage of Dragons is Evan Winter's first novel. He'll become the greatest swordsman to ever live, a man willing to die a hundred thousand times for the chance to kill the three who betrayed him. Fixated on revenge, Tau dedicates himself to an unthinkable path. Those closest to him are brutally murdered, and his grief swiftly turns to anger. He's going to get himself injured, get out early, and settle down to marriage, children and land. Young, gift-less Tau knows all this, but he has a plan of escape. One in every 100 men is able to magically transform himself into a bigger, stronger, faster killing machine.Įveryone else is fodder, destined to fight and die in the endless war. One in every 2000 women has the power to call down dragons. The Omehi people have been fighting an unwinnable war for almost 200 years.

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