The Dragons

by John Carrarn

Jake's reality burst when The Change reshaped his existence, morphing him into a kobold-like being with unfamiliar instincts and powers. Adrift in the perilous depths of an alien sea, his companions gone, he is left to fend for himself. Haunted by harrowing visions linked to a distant dragon, his singular focus becomes mere survival.

Scavenging and hiding to stay alive, Jake's nightmares escalate until the inevitable occurs—he merges with the dragon, birthing a single, new entity. While his consciousness remains dominant, the fusion of primal instincts forever alters him.

Now changed, Jake must figure out what he will do. Will he stay on the small island until all the prey runs out? Or will he set off into the sea and try to find his way back to his friends?

Distant from Jake, his best friend, Mason, confronts his own trials. Separated from the only brother he's ever known, he endeavors to forge a refuge amidst the growing threat of the Goblins.

Unaware of Jake's transformation or perilous choice, Mason battles through treacherous jungles, his own nightmares growing more ominous by the day.

Yet, unbeknownst to both, other forces are at play—former humans, now entities driven by selfless ambitions that have no interest in dragons.

366 pages, Kindle Edition

Published December 17, 2023

About the author

J. Carrarn is a forty-year-old husband, and father of one who lives in the Netherlands. Most of the day, he sits behind a computer, solving software problems. For over thirty years, he has been spending his free time reading whatever fantasy and sci-fi he could get his hands on, from Tolkien to Dan Simons’ Hyperion. If he wasn’t reading, he was playing fantasy and sci-fi games.

Nowadays, the time he doesn’t read or write books, he spends with his wife and son, hits the gym, or cooks Italian food.

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