The Dragon's Fear
The crew of the Dragon's Fear is about to find out which is more perilous... the monster they are trapped on a deserted island with or their fellow crew members.
The Dragon's Fear
The crew of the Dragon’s Fear, a Conjury controlled prison vessel, run aground on a deserted island without their precious magic to help them. One by one, they become hunted by something worse than the prisoners they had once contained.
A dark fantasy of version of Lost meets Predator...
The prison ship Dragon's Fear is about to get a stowaway more dangerous than the magical prisoners it usually transports…
The prisoner transport ship the Dragon’s Fear has sailed the seas long enough to have encountered nearly every type of danger. Massive storms, prisoner riots, vicious sea creatures, and hundreds of other struggles have all befallen the Conjury sailing vessel in its years of service. Yet Captain Brightfang’s strong hand has always kept the unruly and fractious crew in line as they transport their mystically-empowered prisoners to the magic-suppressing penal colony of Tide Island.
But when Kelby of Gap Mouth Bay, one of the ship’s crew, makes a clandestine deal that brings what seems to be a treacherous sickness on board, the careful balance of the Dragon’s Fear is quickly threatened. The tenuous bonds of the crew fray even further when a raging storm races toward them across the open ocean, and a mysterious box is discovered in the hold—possibly holding worse danger than a simple illness.
The crew of the Dragon’s Fear will quickly discover which is more perilous: being trapped with a monster, or with each other…
Part two of the dark fantasy, The Dragon’s Fear…
After the confirmation of a monster trapped on the island with them, the recently shipwrecked crew of the Dragon’s Fear needs a plan for survival—and fast. But with Captain Brightfang staunchly on the side of waiting for rescue and Navigator Orsull a strong proponent for finding a way home as quickly as possible, the group rapidly fractures into opposing camps.
The tundra elf Panabelle forms a plan to save her own skin by uniting the Conjury prisoners against the ship’s officers, but will she be able to manage it before the others see through her machinations? Tupper and Deysha grow closer, but revenge glints in the eye of more than one Tide Island guard, threatening their bond—and their lives. And Kelby’s secret—that she is responsible for the entire disaster—is soon at risk of coming to light unless she can find a way to keep Orsull’s blackmailing mouth shut.
Terror, panic, and mutiny abound as the fragmented survivors find themselves being targeted not only by a hungry monster with an insatiable appetite, but also by each other. Betrayal is starting to become a better option than being torn to shreds or left bleeding out on the pristine white sand of their desolate island…
Part three of the dark fantasy, The Dragon’s Fear…
Things are becoming dire for the crew of the Dragon’s Fear. As the amethyst dragon stalks the edges of their survival, the group fractures and divides even more. Captain Brightfang, distracted by the health of her first officer, doesn’t see the mutiny brewing behind her back at the hands of the prisoners her ship was transporting. The prisoners, in turn, must contend with the revenge being plotted by the Tide Island guards. And some of them, like Tupper and Deysha, simply want to get off the island with all their limbs intact.
Meanwhile, the amethyst dragon has gained some impressive new tricks and an unlikely teacher: Orsull, now an unwilling captive of the monster’s curiosity. As the dragon discovers more about herself and her nature, she learns a few key things: her name, that she’s stuck on the island as much as the rest of them are, and her food supply is quickly dwindling.
Can the crew of the Fear hold out until their luck changes and the magic-negating barrier preventing their rescue recedes? Or will the dragon, growing both in size and intelligence, shatter any remaining hope of their survival?​
Part four of the dark fantasy, The Dragon’s Fear...
Dwindling numbers plague the crew of the Dragon’s Fear, as Violet, the amethyst dragon, grows into a bigger, smarter, and more dangerous creature than any of them ever thought possible. As the survivors fragment even further in the wake of more deaths, their plans begin to clash with one another.
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Captain Brightfang sees nothing except grief and revenge in the wake of her best friend’s sacrifice, while her other officers are left to pick up the pieces of a tenuous escape plan that hinges on magic finally returning to their forlorn island. The prisoners, intent on not landing back in the hands of the Conjury, form a different rescue plan, but even they are fractured by opposing motives. All the while, a hungrier and more ambitious Violet stalks their every move as they claw at their survival.
Can the remaining crew members and prisoners find a way to send for help and keep themselves alive until it arrives? And will Violet, more aware of her situation than ever, realize she’s quickly decimating her only food source? Things are looking dire for both crew and dragon as time goes by with no rescue in sight…
Fifth book and series finale of the dark fantasy, The Dragon’s Fear...
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