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    A Dragon Rises: Gladiator
    A Dragon Rises: Magician & Thief
    A Dragon Rises: Mercenary
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    A Dragon Rises Series

    By Dale R. Boyd

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    About this series

    Renny’s life had been pretty tough so far. First an orphan, then a runaway, and finally an experienced cutpurse by her fifteenth year, one day she finds herself being framed for a crime she didn’t commit. Saved by a stranger, an old sorcerer named Sooliman Arkane, they begin as unlikely a companionship as was ever forged. After four years together, Renny has become the family Sooliman never had, and he fills the void in her heart left by the family she lost. Sooliman wants her to become his magician’s apprentice, but Renny likes her “career” as a thief and burglar. Until one night she steals the wrong thing from a certain rich and powerful merchant. Before she knows what she has done, the little thief sets off a chain of events that changes her life forever. And if that wasn't enough, Sooliman’s old friend, the northern mercenary, Tulag Gor, has arrived in Borggat looking for him. The news he bears not only turns all their lives upside down, but threatens to shake the foundations of every kingdom and realm in the West and beyond.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDale R. Boyd
    Release dateMar 22, 2014
    A Dragon Rises: Gladiator
    A Dragon Rises: Magician & Thief
    A Dragon Rises: Mercenary

    Titles in the series (3)

    • A Dragon Rises: Mercenary
      A Dragon Rises: Mercenary

      A Dragon Rises: Mercenary

      Dale R. Boyd
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      Tulag Gor had sold his sword and axe to more rulers and kings in more lands than he could count, but the big northerner had never taken contract with a more unlikely patron than the one who approached him that day in Butistan: an ex-clan chief of the Iloni, accompanied by the commander of the royal elite guard of Urland, hereditary enemies of the Iloni themselves. It was a job he couldn't pass up. The Iloni was Orin-na-Tak, father and royal steward to Prince Michal, heir to the throne of Urland, and the young prince had been betrayed by none other than General Tomeku, supreme military commander of Urland's armies. Now the boy was being held captive, to be used as a pawn by the general as he sought control of the kingdom. Orin-na-Tak and what remained of his loyal guards would stop at nothing in getting his son safely back to him, and to reclaim Prince Michal's birthright as the future king. None could know that this singular drama playing out in a small realm far to the east of the Amber Sea would begin a confluence of events that would soon shape the destiny of the entire West.

      Tulag Gor had sold his sword and axe to more rulers and kings in more lands than he could count, but the big northerner had never taken contract with a more unlikely patron than the one who approached him that day in Butistan: an ex-clan chief of the Iloni, accompanied by the commander of the royal elite guard of Urland, hereditary enemies of the Iloni themselves. It was a job he couldn't pass up. The Iloni was Orin-na-Tak, father and royal steward to Prince Michal, heir to the throne of Urland, and the young prince had been betrayed by none other than General Tomeku, supreme military commander of Urland's armies. Now the boy was being held captive, to be used as a pawn by the general as he sought control of the kingdom. Orin-na-Tak and what remained of his loyal guards would stop at nothing in getting his son safely back to him, and to reclaim Prince Michal's birthright as the future king. None could know that this singular drama playing out in a small realm far to the east of the Amber Sea would begin a confluence of events that would soon shape the destiny of the entire West.

    • A Dragon Rises: Gladiator
      A Dragon Rises: Gladiator

      A Dragon Rises: Gladiator

      Dale R. Boyd
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      The gladiator slave pens of Thanus, capital of Byrunthus, were renowned throughout the Southern Kingdoms. A life wearing the iron collar was a life unforgiving and harsh, and often brutally short. There was only one rule within the arena: kill or be killed. It was into such a grim existence a young farm boy named Titus found himself thrust. He was the youngest slave ever sent to the pens in Jax's long memory as master of combat. A slave himself, it was Jax's responsibility to train the new slaves in the ways of sword and shield, of spear and axe. He would train this new lad as well, but there was something about Titus that pulled at a part of his heart that Jax thought long calloused over. Yes, he would teach the boy to become a killer of men because he had no choice, but he would fight for the spirit of the lad as well. He could not strike the chains from Titus' body, but he could strive to keep the boy's soul free. And in so doing, the fabled master of combat of the greatest gladiator stable in the West would start a lost and lonely young boy down the grim, often violent road to becoming a hero that would change the course of the world.

      The gladiator slave pens of Thanus, capital of Byrunthus, were renowned throughout the Southern Kingdoms. A life wearing the iron collar was a life unforgiving and harsh, and often brutally short. There was only one rule within the arena: kill or be killed. It was into such a grim existence a young farm boy named Titus found himself thrust. He was the youngest slave ever sent to the pens in Jax's long memory as master of combat. A slave himself, it was Jax's responsibility to train the new slaves in the ways of sword and shield, of spear and axe. He would train this new lad as well, but there was something about Titus that pulled at a part of his heart that Jax thought long calloused over. Yes, he would teach the boy to become a killer of men because he had no choice, but he would fight for the spirit of the lad as well. He could not strike the chains from Titus' body, but he could strive to keep the boy's soul free. And in so doing, the fabled master of combat of the greatest gladiator stable in the West would start a lost and lonely young boy down the grim, often violent road to becoming a hero that would change the course of the world.

    • A Dragon Rises: Magician & Thief
      A Dragon Rises: Magician & Thief

      A Dragon Rises: Magician & Thief

      Dale R. Boyd
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      Renny’s life had been pretty tough so far. First an orphan, then a runaway, and finally an experienced cutpurse by her fifteenth year, one day she finds herself being framed for a crime she didn’t commit. Saved by a stranger, an old sorcerer named Sooliman Arkane, they begin as unlikely a companionship as was ever forged. After four years together, Renny has become the family Sooliman never had, and he fills the void in her heart left by the family she lost. Sooliman wants her to become his magician’s apprentice, but Renny likes her “career” as a thief and burglar. Until one night she steals the wrong thing from a certain rich and powerful merchant. Before she knows what she has done, the little thief sets off a chain of events that changes her life forever. And if that wasn't enough, Sooliman’s old friend, the northern mercenary, Tulag Gor, has arrived in Borggat looking for him. The news he bears not only turns all their lives upside down, but threatens to shake the foundations of every kingdom and realm in the West and beyond.

      Renny’s life had been pretty tough so far. First an orphan, then a runaway, and finally an experienced cutpurse by her fifteenth year, one day she finds herself being framed for a crime she didn’t commit. Saved by a stranger, an old sorcerer named Sooliman Arkane, they begin as unlikely a companionship as was ever forged. After four years together, Renny has become the family Sooliman never had, and he fills the void in her heart left by the family she lost. Sooliman wants her to become his magician’s apprentice, but Renny likes her “career” as a thief and burglar. Until one night she steals the wrong thing from a certain rich and powerful merchant. Before she knows what she has done, the little thief sets off a chain of events that changes her life forever. And if that wasn't enough, Sooliman’s old friend, the northern mercenary, Tulag Gor, has arrived in Borggat looking for him. The news he bears not only turns all their lives upside down, but threatens to shake the foundations of every kingdom and realm in the West and beyond.

    Author

    Dale R. Boyd

    Dale R. Boyd was born in southern California in the late 1950's. By the time he was ten, he had found a true love of all things fantasy and science fiction, books and comics in particular. Beginning with Robert E. Howard's tales about Conan the Barbarian and Tolkien's Lord of the Rings, he read just about every book his parents would buy him or he could borrow. From his early teens on, he created his own characters, lands and plots, filing them away for some promised future date he would actually write the stories down. As he got older he took the traditional route of what most would call a normal career in the corporate world, but never gave up his love of reading nor the creation of his own little worlds. In large part due to the encouragement of a dear and close friend, he finally sat down and began to write. "A Dragon Rises: Mercenary" is his first published work of fiction, the first of a series of stories.

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