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Tales of Dragonfire : Rebellion
Tales of Dragonfire – Rebellion, is the first story in a new anthology series, detailing the lesser-known characters of the Dragonfire world. This one in particular is set during the events of Fallen Star.
Times are changing in Dardien. With the passing of the last great Season of Fire, the city of dragons is threatened by powers far beyond its borders. While heroes fly out to meet the coming storm, in the dark shadows of the Hanging City, sinister plots stir.
Robbed of her rank and titles for freeing those destined to save her people, Zephyra feels like she is the only dragon to see things for what they are. A desperate city falling apart, the folly of her own fathers corrupt rule. Dragons wishing to use her, or worse still, wishing her dead at every turn. Leaving her to wonder if she really did the right thing. Regardless, against the coming age of shadow, there can be no doubt, right or not, she must act because time is running out.
Times are changing in Dardien. With the passing of the last great Season of Fire, the city of dragons is threatened by powers far beyond its borders. While heroes fly out to meet the coming storm, in the dark shadows of the Hanging City, sinister plots stir.
Robbed of her rank and titles for freeing those destined to save her people, Zephyra feels like she is the only dragon to see things for what they are. A desperate city falling apart, the folly of her own fathers corrupt rule. Dragons wishing to use her, or worse still, wishing her dead at every turn. Leaving her to wonder if she really did the right thing. Regardless, against the coming age of shadow, there can be no doubt, right or not, she must act because time is running out.
- GenresDragons
188 pages, Kindle Edition
Published November 16, 2023
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January 5, 2025
A nice addition to the main story from another perspective. It's political based but still features a good deal of action. A must read if you love the main story.
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November 21, 2025Spoilers for Dragonfire: Fallen Star (Book 2) below.
While the first three Dragonfire books focus on Blaze and his friends, this spin-off takes place during the latter half of the 2nd book and follows Zephyra in the city of Dardien after she and Blaze parted ways.
Zephyra is next in line for the throne, but after helping Blaze escape her father's prison, she is now publicly viewed as a traitor. However, not everyone is fooled by her father's attempts to hide what happened during the Season of Fire celebration, and talks of treason are getting more and more thrown around the court.
There is something about Rebellion that makes it different from the mainline series. The other books felt more like a grand adventure where the characters needed to reach a destination and then figure things out from there. This one on the other hand was more focused on politics, titles, plots, conspiracies and, as the title suggests, a rebellion. The whole book takes place within the alleyways of the main city itself, where no one knows who to trust anymore.
This story made me love Zephyra as a main character. She often wonders whether she'd be worthy to lead whenever the time comes, or if she's doing the right thing considering how corrupt most of her entourage is. She's always questioning herself and others surrounding her, trying to understand everybody's motives and what it means if they succeed in their plans. Having a protagonist who constantly tries to figure things out and make sense of an already delicate situation felt like a breath of fresh air for me.
The pacing in Rebellion was also really good. There was just the right amount of descriptions balanced with action scenes and dialogues, with some creepy moments and a lot of tension to spice things up. I never got bored while reading. While I'm at it, I also feel the need to compliment the dialogues. They felt considerably more natural in this book. The author keeps getting better at capturing the personality of every character and it really shows.
Rebellion also added some insight to the main story. Considering how some characters and plot points suddenly make more sense after reading it, I almost feel like this spin-off should have been merged with the latter half of Book 2, because it feels so much like an important part of the story now. I can't imagine myself rereading the main trilogy without this book from now on. I really loved it.
While the first three Dragonfire books focus on Blaze and his friends, this spin-off takes place during the latter half of the 2nd book and follows Zephyra in the city of Dardien after she and Blaze parted ways.
Zephyra is next in line for the throne, but after helping Blaze escape her father's prison, she is now publicly viewed as a traitor. However, not everyone is fooled by her father's attempts to hide what happened during the Season of Fire celebration, and talks of treason are getting more and more thrown around the court.
There is something about Rebellion that makes it different from the mainline series. The other books felt more like a grand adventure where the characters needed to reach a destination and then figure things out from there. This one on the other hand was more focused on politics, titles, plots, conspiracies and, as the title suggests, a rebellion. The whole book takes place within the alleyways of the main city itself, where no one knows who to trust anymore.
This story made me love Zephyra as a main character. She often wonders whether she'd be worthy to lead whenever the time comes, or if she's doing the right thing considering how corrupt most of her entourage is. She's always questioning herself and others surrounding her, trying to understand everybody's motives and what it means if they succeed in their plans. Having a protagonist who constantly tries to figure things out and make sense of an already delicate situation felt like a breath of fresh air for me.
The pacing in Rebellion was also really good. There was just the right amount of descriptions balanced with action scenes and dialogues, with some creepy moments and a lot of tension to spice things up. I never got bored while reading. While I'm at it, I also feel the need to compliment the dialogues. They felt considerably more natural in this book. The author keeps getting better at capturing the personality of every character and it really shows.
Rebellion also added some insight to the main story. Considering how some characters and plot points suddenly make more sense after reading it, I almost feel like this spin-off should have been merged with the latter half of Book 2, because it feels so much like an important part of the story now. I can't imagine myself rereading the main trilogy without this book from now on. I really loved it.
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November 29, 2023This story with Zephyra's pov during arc 1 events not only complements the main one but also gives flesh to this character by giving her a voice and backstory.
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