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Dawn of Dragons: The Complete Trilogy
Requiem. A dream. A prayer. A kingdom for those cursed, those exiled, those whom men call "weredragons." A homeland for those who can grow wings, breathe fire, and rise as dragons. Dawn of Dragons, an epic fantasy trilogy, tells the story of Requiem's birth, wars, and hope. This bundle includes all three novels in the trilogy. BOOK 1: REQUIEM'S Weredragons, men call them. Monsters. Cursed ones. People who can turn into dragons. Can these lost souls bind together and forge a kingdom of their own? BOOK 2: REQUIEM'S Requiem is birthed in blood and fire, but enemies rise to destroy it. Raem, King of the Abyss, leads a host of demons to crush Requiem. Can this fledgling kingdom of dragons survive? BOOK 3: REQUIEM'S Requiem burns. Raem, the Demon King, sends forth monstrous sphinxes to slay every last dragon. To survive, Requiem's dragons must fly to their darkest battlefield–the unholy Abyss itself. In 2011, the Song of Dragons trilogy introduced readers to mythical Requiem, a kingdom whose people can become dragons. The Requiem novels have gone on to sell hundreds of thousands of copies, captivating readers around the world. Dawn of Dragons goes back in time to Requiem's earliest days, telling an epic story—for both new readers and old fans—of loss, hope, and dragonfire. _______________ THE REQUIEM Dawn of Dragons Book 1: Requiem's Song Book 2: Requiem's Hope Book 3: Requiem's Prayer Song of Dragons Book 1: Blood of Requiem Book 2: Tears of Requiem Book 3: Light of Requiem Dragonlore Book 1: A Dawn of Dragonfire Book 2: A Day of Dragon Blood Book 3: A Night of Dragon Wings The Dragon War Book 1: A Legacy of Light Book 2: A Birthright of Blood Book 3: A Memory of Fire Requiem for Dragons Book 1: Dragons Lost Book 2: Dragons Reborn Book 3: Dragons Rising Flame of Requiem Book 1: Forged in Dragonfire Book 2: Crown of Dragonfire Book 3: Pillars of Dragonfire Dragonfire Rain Book 1: Blood of Dragons Book 2: Rage of Dragons Book 3: Flight of Dragons
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First published October 18, 2014
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About the author
Daniel Arenson
148 books877 followersDaniel Arenson is a bookworm, proud geek, and USA Today bestselling author of fantasy and science fiction. His novels have sold over a million copies. The Huffington Post has called his writing "full of soul." He's written over forty novels, most of them in five series:
EARTHRISE — They came from deep space. They came to destroy us. Against the alien onslaught, Earth stands alone. But we will fight. We will rise. We will win. Start reading with Earth Alone, the first novel in this military science fiction series.
REQUIEM — Welcome to Requiem, an ancient kingdom whose people can grow wings and scales, breathe fire, and take flight as dragons. Requiem is explored in six trilogies, which can be read in any order. If you're new to Requiem, you can start reading with Requiem's Song (you can download it for free). For fans of dark, gritty fantasy like A Game of Thrones.
MOTH — Discover Moth, a world torn between day and night—its one half drenched in eternal daylight, the other cloaked in endless darkness. For fans of classic fantasy worlds such as Middle Earth and Narnia. Start reading with Moth, the first novel in this epic fantasy saga.
ALIEN HUNTERS — Got trouble with aliens? Call the Alien Hunters. A group of scruffy mercenaries, they'll remove the pest for you. Low rates. No questions asked. Start reading with Alien Hunters, the first book in this space opera series. For fans of Star Wars, Firefly, and Guardians of the Galaxy.
KINGDOMS OF SAND — Enter a world of sand and splendor, a world where gladiators battle in the arena, where legionaries and barbarians fight for glory, and where empires rise and fall.
EARTHRISE — They came from deep space. They came to destroy us. Against the alien onslaught, Earth stands alone. But we will fight. We will rise. We will win. Start reading with Earth Alone, the first novel in this military science fiction series.
REQUIEM — Welcome to Requiem, an ancient kingdom whose people can grow wings and scales, breathe fire, and take flight as dragons. Requiem is explored in six trilogies, which can be read in any order. If you're new to Requiem, you can start reading with Requiem's Song (you can download it for free). For fans of dark, gritty fantasy like A Game of Thrones.
MOTH — Discover Moth, a world torn between day and night—its one half drenched in eternal daylight, the other cloaked in endless darkness. For fans of classic fantasy worlds such as Middle Earth and Narnia. Start reading with Moth, the first novel in this epic fantasy saga.
ALIEN HUNTERS — Got trouble with aliens? Call the Alien Hunters. A group of scruffy mercenaries, they'll remove the pest for you. Low rates. No questions asked. Start reading with Alien Hunters, the first book in this space opera series. For fans of Star Wars, Firefly, and Guardians of the Galaxy.
KINGDOMS OF SAND — Enter a world of sand and splendor, a world where gladiators battle in the arena, where legionaries and barbarians fight for glory, and where empires rise and fall.
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December 14, 2019
Absolutely loved this trilogy, but then my weakness is that I love any good book about dragons. I recommend all this author's books about dragons to all dragon lovers! Enjoy!
March 6, 2016
This is packaged as a trilogy, and I only read the first book. Still, I think that's enough to give a fair assessment of my opinion--if it's not, then it shouldn't be marketed as a trilogy.
I did not like this. At all. However, it didn't really tick me off...I just felt like it was a waste of time and I shouldn't have bothered.
The characters seemed very flat and uninteresting--since I didn't get invested, this caused me to be bored rather than angry. Of course, this was probably a misstep on the author's part, and opening with really should have warned me of how gross this book was going to be, since it was described in detail, but it also prevented me from getting too attached to any of the characters. I remained guarded, taking it as a warning that anybody could die at any time. While it's good to give your readers a heads-up that the book isn't going to be all sunshine and roses, you also don't want to create too much of an emotional barrier, because then what happened to me might happen: I just chose not to care so I wouldn't get hurt. Of course, the fact that the characters were so very flat definitely helped me along, as there wasn't much to care about. We're told about them thinking and crying because of their troubles, but their arcs really meandered without much reason.
The dragons were also problematic, in my opinion. All the writing advice books and blogs and columns will tell you to give your heroes and creatures (in this case, they are heroic creatures) flaws and weaknesses to keep them from being too invincible, thereby removing any suspense from the story. It's true that stories where the dragon comes along and easily curb-stomps everyone are awesome but dull. However, I felt that this book went too far the other way--I was rolling my eyes at points because being a weredragon seemed to automatically make you wussy and easily defeated. The characters were talking about how strong they were and how only they could defeat the demons, and meanwhile, I was wondering just how in the world that could be when arrows could easily take them out, and humans in groups larger than three seemed to handle them with little effort. They have so many weaknesses and limitations that it removed the cool by making them pretty decorations. When fights came along where they were finally winning (ish), I didn't believe it and assumed their enemies were fragile morons, or else the heroes got lucky.
The plot itself was halting and episodic, and...it was really just too dark for my tastes. I'm not into the new grimdark trend that's out there right now--I'm easily prey to Darkness-Induced Audience Apathy, and this is a perfect example. I just couldn't care after the first couple of times of everything going wrong every time you turn around. Things should be hard for the hero, yes--they should have to work for their goals, and not have everything just handed to them--BUT things should occasionally go right, too. You need bright spots in the darkness or there's nothing to hold onto. I have no reason to care when I come to the conclusion that, like a horror movie, there will be either one or zero survivors, because nothing good ever happens to them, so why should the end be different?
The descriptions also delighted in gore and horrific imagery and Eldritch Abominations entirely too much for my taste. I'm not into that stuff. If you are, then it probably won't bother you, but it definitely detracted from my reading experience and led to me skimming when he started describing yet another group of demons.
To be honest, there was only one minor frustrating aspect, and that was that, before the demons showed up, I thought this had potential. As a character study and an examination of the mentalities that lead to witch hunts, it would have worked beautifully. self-loathing leading to the attempted genocide of a group of people considers 'diseased' would have been really, really interesting. But nope--instead, we got demons. I guess I should have expected that, but I didn't take the title 'Demon King' in the summaries of the other two books seriously, or rather, I assumed it meant he was going to undergo some kind of transformation himself, not call on a horde of demons.
But oh, well. On to other things.
I did not like this. At all. However, it didn't really tick me off...I just felt like it was a waste of time and I shouldn't have bothered.
The characters seemed very flat and uninteresting--since I didn't get invested, this caused me to be bored rather than angry. Of course, this was probably a misstep on the author's part, and opening with really should have warned me of how gross this book was going to be, since it was described in detail, but it also prevented me from getting too attached to any of the characters. I remained guarded, taking it as a warning that anybody could die at any time. While it's good to give your readers a heads-up that the book isn't going to be all sunshine and roses, you also don't want to create too much of an emotional barrier, because then what happened to me might happen: I just chose not to care so I wouldn't get hurt. Of course, the fact that the characters were so very flat definitely helped me along, as there wasn't much to care about. We're told about them thinking and crying because of their troubles, but their arcs really meandered without much reason.
The dragons were also problematic, in my opinion. All the writing advice books and blogs and columns will tell you to give your heroes and creatures (in this case, they are heroic creatures) flaws and weaknesses to keep them from being too invincible, thereby removing any suspense from the story. It's true that stories where the dragon comes along and easily curb-stomps everyone are awesome but dull. However, I felt that this book went too far the other way--I was rolling my eyes at points because being a weredragon seemed to automatically make you wussy and easily defeated. The characters were talking about how strong they were and how only they could defeat the demons, and meanwhile, I was wondering just how in the world that could be when arrows could easily take them out, and humans in groups larger than three seemed to handle them with little effort. They have so many weaknesses and limitations that it removed the cool by making them pretty decorations. When fights came along where they were finally winning (ish), I didn't believe it and assumed their enemies were fragile morons, or else the heroes got lucky.
The plot itself was halting and episodic, and...it was really just too dark for my tastes. I'm not into the new grimdark trend that's out there right now--I'm easily prey to Darkness-Induced Audience Apathy, and this is a perfect example. I just couldn't care after the first couple of times of everything going wrong every time you turn around. Things should be hard for the hero, yes--they should have to work for their goals, and not have everything just handed to them--BUT things should occasionally go right, too. You need bright spots in the darkness or there's nothing to hold onto. I have no reason to care when I come to the conclusion that, like a horror movie, there will be either one or zero survivors, because nothing good ever happens to them, so why should the end be different?
The descriptions also delighted in gore and horrific imagery and Eldritch Abominations entirely too much for my taste. I'm not into that stuff. If you are, then it probably won't bother you, but it definitely detracted from my reading experience and led to me skimming when he started describing yet another group of demons.
To be honest, there was only one minor frustrating aspect, and that was that, before the demons showed up, I thought this had potential. As a character study and an examination of the mentalities that lead to witch hunts, it would have worked beautifully. self-loathing leading to the attempted genocide of a group of people considers 'diseased' would have been really, really interesting. But nope--instead, we got demons. I guess I should have expected that, but I didn't take the title 'Demon King' in the summaries of the other two books seriously, or rather, I assumed it meant he was going to undergo some kind of transformation himself, not call on a horde of demons.
But oh, well. On to other things.
December 3, 2016
Great story but a little too much repeated detail on the disgusting demons. One description per book would be plenty.
June 7, 2020
In one word, these books were awful. Though the concept and storyline could easily have been made into a captivating read, the writing fell short of the Dawn of Dragon's potential.
As the series began, the story formed around the basis that weredragons were meant to be pitied. While this was necessary for the plot of the species overcoming all of their oppressors, this quickly became tiring to the reader. In particular, all of the sections surrounding Laira reminded you of all of the terrible things that happened to her. At first, it did the job; it made you realized the horrible life Laira had, and it highlighted the unfair and immoral treatment weredragons as a whole received. However, as the story continued, it became something that the author threw into the reader's mind for no reason. For some reason, each time Laira was described-- the amount of times that this happened is a crime in itself-- there was at least several sentences dedicated to her mangled jaw. It became tiring and each time I went through one of these passages, it was pointless, because I had already read the exact same thing multiple times before.
Another issue revolving the series is the repetition that dominated each chapter. Again, this is shown during the examples of the weredragon's hardships in life. However, there are many other instances throughout the series that suck the life out of the reader. Battle scenes are a focal point of the books, but they are reused to the point of having absolutely no meaning. I am aware that the excess battles are meant to show how weredragons need to fight to get their freedom, but honestly, it becomes old very quickly. Around halfway through the first book, maybe sooner, there are a huge be-all-end-all battles in about 1 of every 3 chapters. In these battles, most characters involved receive life threatening, or at least mobility restraining, injuries, and then they later participate in more fighting. There is no mention of recovery between each battle or difficulty participating due to previous injuries. It is so frustrating to read about how
As the series began, the story formed around the basis that weredragons were meant to be pitied. While this was necessary for the plot of the species overcoming all of their oppressors, this quickly became tiring to the reader. In particular, all of the sections surrounding Laira reminded you of all of the terrible things that happened to her. At first, it did the job; it made you realized the horrible life Laira had, and it highlighted the unfair and immoral treatment weredragons as a whole received. However, as the story continued, it became something that the author threw into the reader's mind for no reason. For some reason, each time Laira was described-- the amount of times that this happened is a crime in itself-- there was at least several sentences dedicated to her mangled jaw. It became tiring and each time I went through one of these passages, it was pointless, because I had already read the exact same thing multiple times before.
Another issue revolving the series is the repetition that dominated each chapter. Again, this is shown during the examples of the weredragon's hardships in life. However, there are many other instances throughout the series that suck the life out of the reader. Battle scenes are a focal point of the books, but they are reused to the point of having absolutely no meaning. I am aware that the excess battles are meant to show how weredragons need to fight to get their freedom, but honestly, it becomes old very quickly. Around halfway through the first book, maybe sooner, there are a huge be-all-end-all battles in about 1 of every 3 chapters. In these battles, most characters involved receive life threatening, or at least mobility restraining, injuries, and then they later participate in more fighting. There is no mention of recovery between each battle or difficulty participating due to previous injuries. It is so frustrating to read about how
November 11, 2017
Anyone can write but that doesn't make one a "writer". And even being a writer doesn't make one a "storyteller". That is how I classify the authors I follow: All are good writers but not every one is a good storyteller.
I've never read any of this author's works before. Based upon this experience, I'll avoid his books in the future. I read the first book even though it didn't "grab" me. I started reading the second book (hoping it might improve) and quit after the first couple sections. Why? Read on...
I was intrigued by the main concept of "weredragons" -- I mean, who wouldn't think it cool to be able to become a dragon? But, sadly, once the demons were introduced it all became muddled -- like a collision of two cars where, rather than one cohesive whole, the result is two damaged entities. Creatures capable of fighting and besting dragons had already been introduced. So, introducing the demons really felt like a "Hey, we need something more here... I know! Let's add demons!!" moment.
This author's style might work for a graphic novel where there is primarily dialogue between the characters. Certainly, given the effort to be so visual with the description of the demons and their behaviors, it felt like an attempt to be a graphic novel.
I've never read any of this author's works before. Based upon this experience, I'll avoid his books in the future. I read the first book even though it didn't "grab" me. I started reading the second book (hoping it might improve) and quit after the first couple sections. Why? Read on...
I was intrigued by the main concept of "weredragons" -- I mean, who wouldn't think it cool to be able to become a dragon? But, sadly, once the demons were introduced it all became muddled -- like a collision of two cars where, rather than one cohesive whole, the result is two damaged entities. Creatures capable of fighting and besting dragons had already been introduced. So, introducing the demons really felt like a "Hey, we need something more here... I know! Let's add demons!!" moment.
This author's style might work for a graphic novel where there is primarily dialogue between the characters. Certainly, given the effort to be so visual with the description of the demons and their behaviors, it felt like an attempt to be a graphic novel.
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April 4, 2024I can't even finish the first book. I can handle a bunch of gore, but the amount of sexual garbage mentioned nearly every chapter is disgusting. The author also continuously repeats themselves. Describes things in detail even immediately after describing it two paragraphs previously. The concept of this seemed great. I love dragons, and I liked a couple of the characters. But there are so many things that are just incredibly frustrating.
March 18, 2024
I think Dawn of Dragons is not the first subseries of the Requiem books written, but it appears to be the first chronologically in the Requiem universe. It tells of the founding of Requiem, a kingdom for shifter dragons, and their earliest struggles.
I have been impressed by the other books from this universe I have read with the violence of the place, and the bitterness between the different factions within Requiem even where these factions are supposed to be related to each other. Dawn of Dragons indicates that these elements have been present for the shifter dragons from the very beginning. But here it is even worse.
It seems that there were not always shifter dragons in the world of which Requiem becomes a part. They appeared at about the same time as the constellation known as the Draco constellation appeared in the night sky. At that point, some people were gifted with the ability to change into dragons, fly, and breathe fire – more or less at will. Those people not so gifted were afraid and determined to kill all the dragons. They called them werdragons, declared them diseased, and mandated that to stop the spread of this disease, the dragons must be killed.
The three books that compose Dawn of Dragons deal primarily with two families. Some of the members of each family can become dragons. Others can’t.
King Raem of the kingdom of Eteer in the south is the worst. He is a hypocrite because he is himself a werdragon, but he hides it, pontificates about purity and the god he supposedly worships – Taal, the god of purity – and seeks out all werdragons to destroy them, or worse yet to torture them. For some inexplicable reason, the ruler of Eteer has been given dominion over the creatures of the Abyss (which is located just below the Eteerian palace), and Raem enlists the help of the demons who live there to help him destroy the werdragons. It isn’t long before he allows them to kill, eat, and otherwise abuse the people of his own country. He was afraid dragons would destroy the country, but the dragons don’t, and probably can’t, do nearly as much damage to Eteer as the demos do.
This is not a book for the faint of heart – or the weak of stomach. The demons are just about the ugliest, grossest, meanest group of monsters I have ever read about. The writing is good, and you want to hear about the struggles of the dragons and their friends, hoping they will somehow defeat the demons and the other monsters that keep endlessly attacking them. But it takes so long! And it’s not until the closing pages of the third book that they finally begin to break through to a more peaceful existence.
I have been impressed by the other books from this universe I have read with the violence of the place, and the bitterness between the different factions within Requiem even where these factions are supposed to be related to each other. Dawn of Dragons indicates that these elements have been present for the shifter dragons from the very beginning. But here it is even worse.
It seems that there were not always shifter dragons in the world of which Requiem becomes a part. They appeared at about the same time as the constellation known as the Draco constellation appeared in the night sky. At that point, some people were gifted with the ability to change into dragons, fly, and breathe fire – more or less at will. Those people not so gifted were afraid and determined to kill all the dragons. They called them werdragons, declared them diseased, and mandated that to stop the spread of this disease, the dragons must be killed.
The three books that compose Dawn of Dragons deal primarily with two families. Some of the members of each family can become dragons. Others can’t.
King Raem of the kingdom of Eteer in the south is the worst. He is a hypocrite because he is himself a werdragon, but he hides it, pontificates about purity and the god he supposedly worships – Taal, the god of purity – and seeks out all werdragons to destroy them, or worse yet to torture them. For some inexplicable reason, the ruler of Eteer has been given dominion over the creatures of the Abyss (which is located just below the Eteerian palace), and Raem enlists the help of the demons who live there to help him destroy the werdragons. It isn’t long before he allows them to kill, eat, and otherwise abuse the people of his own country. He was afraid dragons would destroy the country, but the dragons don’t, and probably can’t, do nearly as much damage to Eteer as the demos do.
This is not a book for the faint of heart – or the weak of stomach. The demons are just about the ugliest, grossest, meanest group of monsters I have ever read about. The writing is good, and you want to hear about the struggles of the dragons and their friends, hoping they will somehow defeat the demons and the other monsters that keep endlessly attacking them. But it takes so long! And it’s not until the closing pages of the third book that they finally begin to break through to a more peaceful existence.
September 24, 2019
I did enjoy reading this series but I'm not going to give it 5 stars because it is a bit dark for my tastes. The first book is probably the hardest to read. It seems that most of the books emphasis is on suffering and persecution. Laira has it the worse, I tried not to visualize some of the things that happened to her. Things get better for the Vic Requiems but it does seem that they can never catch a break that they are always going to be swimming upstream against a strong current.
The demons are somewhat hard to visualize, they seem to be rotting, misshapen, globs of puss that can fly and there is always an over abundance of them. I will definitely read more of this series, but feel a break is in order.
The demons are somewhat hard to visualize, they seem to be rotting, misshapen, globs of puss that can fly and there is always an over abundance of them. I will definitely read more of this series, but feel a break is in order.
March 24, 2021
Intense
Took me a while to get through this trilogy. I had to keep taking breaks to read other books as this was a little to earnest.
While the underlying plot is actually quite good, the entire trilogy is somewhat unending in its tension. All the characters are extremely intense. The demons are intense. The situations are intense. At some point the intensity begins to lose meaning and it can get to the point where one skims through chapters to avoid yet another description of how the demons are put together.
A number of lose ends are left in terms of the villains, but probably to allow for the writer to use in future intense volumes?
Overall, not terrible, but I do not intend to read more in the Requiem Series.
Took me a while to get through this trilogy. I had to keep taking breaks to read other books as this was a little to earnest.
While the underlying plot is actually quite good, the entire trilogy is somewhat unending in its tension. All the characters are extremely intense. The demons are intense. The situations are intense. At some point the intensity begins to lose meaning and it can get to the point where one skims through chapters to avoid yet another description of how the demons are put together.
A number of lose ends are left in terms of the villains, but probably to allow for the writer to use in future intense volumes?
Overall, not terrible, but I do not intend to read more in the Requiem Series.
July 27, 2019
I don't really know how to feel about this trilogy. I really enjoyed some of the more unique ideas. Like most of the other reviews I felt this descriptions of the demons were too much and way too often. I felt that there were times the storyline seemed to wander a little or drag on. Overall I would recommend the books if somebody was looking for something in that genre but it wouldn't be on my general recommendations list. It did interest me to discover that The author has written an entire series based on the dragons of Requiem and I am going to check out at least a couple of them, just to see if perhaps they get a little better when they aren't dealing with demons.
June 5, 2017
An enjoyable journey
Dragon stories are some of my favourites. Dawn of Dragons was no exception and the author carefully balanced good with evil and light with dark. I would have given 5 stars but the build up and description of the demons was rather laboured & I found myself struggling to concentrate and enjoy as much. However I do look forward to reading further chronicles of Daniel's Dragon trilogies
Dragon stories are some of my favourites. Dawn of Dragons was no exception and the author carefully balanced good with evil and light with dark. I would have given 5 stars but the build up and description of the demons was rather laboured & I found myself struggling to concentrate and enjoy as much. However I do look forward to reading further chronicles of Daniel's Dragon trilogies
July 24, 2019
Dragons, Cursed or Blessed?
Blessing or curse, that is the what is asked or argued by different people in this trilogy. It tells a grand tale and struggle for the weredragons. These are not short stories yet they flow well and don’t get bogged down in details. Each book of the trilogy has a natural progression and a reasonable ending/transition point. I will definitely be putting the rest of the series on my To Be Read list.
Blessing or curse, that is the what is asked or argued by different people in this trilogy. It tells a grand tale and struggle for the weredragons. These are not short stories yet they flow well and don’t get bogged down in details. Each book of the trilogy has a natural progression and a reasonable ending/transition point. I will definitely be putting the rest of the series on my To Be Read list.
March 24, 2018
The story is good. Writer tends to be repetitive with the facts, too repetitive. Some unresolved issues as well. Not sure if the rest of the books will resolve or leave more unanswered questions. But not a bad read.
Read above. Not a bad quick read. Took me 4 days, but it snowed so what the heck. Thank you
Read above. Not a bad quick read. Took me 4 days, but it snowed so what the heck. Thank you
August 13, 2019
Excellent!!!!
It was great to hear the story of the Vir Requis' beginnings. I love to read about dragons however, I began with the Dragon Lore the second time I decided to read about dragons again. I didn't have the first books anymore so I read the only one I had left which left me wanting to read more!
It was great to hear the story of the Vir Requis' beginnings. I love to read about dragons however, I began with the Dragon Lore the second time I decided to read about dragons again. I didn't have the first books anymore so I read the only one I had left which left me wanting to read more!
March 20, 2023
Morbid or deranged?
I skipped most of the reading to bypass the ridiculous descriptions and depravity written into the story. As well, he kept saying the same thing over and over and so skipping down, I missed nothing of importance. I can only hope the continuance of the story of Requiem has less morbid and deranged inflections.
I skipped most of the reading to bypass the ridiculous descriptions and depravity written into the story. As well, he kept saying the same thing over and over and so skipping down, I missed nothing of importance. I can only hope the continuance of the story of Requiem has less morbid and deranged inflections.
January 6, 2024
The idea of the story was really good. The execution was not that great. The antagonist sections were disturbing describing him having intercourse with demons. While the protagonist sections were heartfelt and the intimate sections were not as developed as with the antagonist. It's like it was leaning toward demented porn.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
May 2, 2018
Amazed
What an incredible imagination!! The descriptions of the demons were so incredibly detailed that I could easily imagine them. I cringed during the fighting episodes, so vivid I could immerse myself in the scenes. Great stories. Throughy enjoyed this trilogy.
What an incredible imagination!! The descriptions of the demons were so incredibly detailed that I could easily imagine them. I cringed during the fighting episodes, so vivid I could immerse myself in the scenes. Great stories. Throughy enjoyed this trilogy.
June 13, 2018
I love dragon stories!
I love these stories. The one complaint I have is that as a trilogy they do seem to take forever to read. Anne McCaffrey's dragon stories will always be my favorite but these come a very close second.
I love these stories. The one complaint I have is that as a trilogy they do seem to take forever to read. Anne McCaffrey's dragon stories will always be my favorite but these come a very close second.
September 23, 2019
The author tries to be way too dramatic and repeats himself quite a bit. It’s the same descriptions over and over. I love dragons and the fight between good and evil but this was over the top evil and fighting. There really needs to be more building of the good side.
October 14, 2019
3 1/2 stars
A saga about dragon shifters persecuted by religions and peoples of several lands who come together to forge a refuge in a place they call Requiem. Hounded by wild tribesmen, fanatical druids and demons from an underworld hell they battle for the right to live free.
A saga about dragon shifters persecuted by religions and peoples of several lands who come together to forge a refuge in a place they call Requiem. Hounded by wild tribesmen, fanatical druids and demons from an underworld hell they battle for the right to live free.
November 29, 2020
Dawn of Dragons
This is the second set I've read although out of order. All I can say is that D. Arenson is one of the best fantasy writers I've had the pleasure of reading.
Good Work Daniel
This is the second set I've read although out of order. All I can say is that D. Arenson is one of the best fantasy writers I've had the pleasure of reading.
Good Work Daniel
December 6, 2020
I quit before I hit 100 pages. A real downer. If I want to be depressed with a totally hopeless feeling, I'll watch more politics. This book intimates no hope and no chance for any in the future, either.
June 7, 2017
It was good writing, but after reading almost all the trioligies in this series, it becomes very reptetive. The storyflow is the same everytime.
July 4, 2017
Not a bad story. Too much repeating of the same material.
January 3, 2018
These books and the other Requiem trilogies are amazing! Highly recommend them to fantasy and dragon fans.
January 16, 2018
I enjoy the Requiem books, this was not a disappointment. It did have some slow spots but I do think the characters make up for it and the storyline continues to keep you wanting more.
May 24, 2020
Great read! There was no peace for the Requiem group as they faced one challenge after the other. There was adventure from start to finish! On to the next in the series.
July 8, 2020
Excellent world of imagination plus the reader is taken through the birth of a new experience
December 13, 2020
Fire your proofreader
Too many occurrences of inappropriately used words tell us that English is not your first language. You need a new editor/proofreader
Too many occurrences of inappropriately used words tell us that English is not your first language. You need a new editor/proofreader
December 30, 2020
Superb triology
From the beginning of book one to the end of book three, the story was a constant adventure. How Larie went from being a slave girl to the queen of Requiem. By far, she is the strongest and bravest character in the series.
From the beginning of book one to the end of book three, the story was a constant adventure. How Larie went from being a slave girl to the queen of Requiem. By far, she is the strongest and bravest character in the series.
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