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Draconia: Fractured Dream
Draconia: a world home to a race of intelligent dragons--the Draconians. Hatching: a Human colony established on Draconia for a 10-year trial period. During this time Draconians and Humans would learn to trust each other and form a peaceful co-existence. In exchange, the Earth Union would protect the planet from invaders.
Seven years have passed since the Treaty was established. For seven years, Draconians and the Humans of Hatching have lived in peace. The friendship between Varthikes and Audwin McClance has blossomed into a brotherhood. It was all about to change...
The Earth Union has become lax in upholding their end of the Treaty. Loyal Providence, Humans who oppose the Treaty, and Commander Slikmac of the lizard-like Norseen, who seeks to control the Draconians, have formed an alliance. Together, they launch a devastating attack on Draconia, provoking a renegade group of Draconians into attacking the colony.
Varthikes and Audwin race to repair the fracture in their dream of a peaceful co-existence, battling invading Norseen, enduring the brand of traitor from both sides and tests to their friendship.
Seven years have passed since the Treaty was established. For seven years, Draconians and the Humans of Hatching have lived in peace. The friendship between Varthikes and Audwin McClance has blossomed into a brotherhood. It was all about to change...
The Earth Union has become lax in upholding their end of the Treaty. Loyal Providence, Humans who oppose the Treaty, and Commander Slikmac of the lizard-like Norseen, who seeks to control the Draconians, have formed an alliance. Together, they launch a devastating attack on Draconia, provoking a renegade group of Draconians into attacking the colony.
Varthikes and Audwin race to repair the fracture in their dream of a peaceful co-existence, battling invading Norseen, enduring the brand of traitor from both sides and tests to their friendship.
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First published December 12, 2014
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About the author
F.J. Hansen
4 books16 followersI was born and raised in Fremont, and I still live there. I am the youngest of seven children--three brothers, three sisters.
I grew up around science fiction, particularly Star Trek. By 1994, when I was 8, I already had a well developed interest in science fiction, and I started collecting Micro Machine spaceships. With these Micro Machines, I came up with my own Star Trek adventures. A few years later, I decided to write these down. Then, in 1999, while I was broadening by science fiction horizons, I began creating my own Universe. Over the next five years, I wrote a series of 45 short stories and my first novel, all set in that Universe. I first looked into publication in 2001/02, but I was too short (50 pages).
In 2004, I had a sudden, unquenchable interest in dragons. But, I still loved science fiction and continued writing in my Universe. By January 2005, inspired by Anne McCaffrey's Dragonriders of Pern and getting an idea from an episode of the original Star Trek, I created my own dragon world set in my Universe. And so, Draconia was born.
I grew up around science fiction, particularly Star Trek. By 1994, when I was 8, I already had a well developed interest in science fiction, and I started collecting Micro Machine spaceships. With these Micro Machines, I came up with my own Star Trek adventures. A few years later, I decided to write these down. Then, in 1999, while I was broadening by science fiction horizons, I began creating my own Universe. Over the next five years, I wrote a series of 45 short stories and my first novel, all set in that Universe. I first looked into publication in 2001/02, but I was too short (50 pages).
In 2004, I had a sudden, unquenchable interest in dragons. But, I still loved science fiction and continued writing in my Universe. By January 2005, inspired by Anne McCaffrey's Dragonriders of Pern and getting an idea from an episode of the original Star Trek, I created my own dragon world set in my Universe. And so, Draconia was born.
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December 22, 2014
As mentioned in my biography, about six years before I started work on Draconia, I started to create my own science fiction Universe. Some of this Universe was hinted at in the first book, Draconia: Forging Trust--Audwin's brother, Farr, and the events surrounding his death; Captain Johnson's relationship with Farr and the other officers of the Vancouver; basically a lot of the backstory stuff--though the my main focus at the time as introducing this world of dragons.
Here in the second book, now that I'm more familiar with this world of dragons (with mere weeks--month at most--between conception and beginning the first draft, this world was as new to me in the first book as it is to the reader), I can now include more of that Universe as well as reveal some new things about Draconia.
It was actually my goal from the outset to reveal something new about these dragons with each story. In the first book, I revealed the dragons themselves, their government, the bond that the clutchmates have for each other as adolescents, how they regard their world in general. Here, I reveal a little more about their government, the different degrees of how they treat the dead, how individuals are allowed to settle violent disputes, the care parents give for their eggs, just to name a few.
One thing that I'm particularly enjoyed about Fractured Dream is how I take the characters, especially Varthikes and Audwin McClance, through the full range of emotions: joy, sorrow, fear, shock, anger, anxiousness, various forms of love. I also enjoyed the characters of Dylan and Corbin March, the rogues. They allowed me loosen up a little.
Here in the second book, now that I'm more familiar with this world of dragons (with mere weeks--month at most--between conception and beginning the first draft, this world was as new to me in the first book as it is to the reader), I can now include more of that Universe as well as reveal some new things about Draconia.
It was actually my goal from the outset to reveal something new about these dragons with each story. In the first book, I revealed the dragons themselves, their government, the bond that the clutchmates have for each other as adolescents, how they regard their world in general. Here, I reveal a little more about their government, the different degrees of how they treat the dead, how individuals are allowed to settle violent disputes, the care parents give for their eggs, just to name a few.
One thing that I'm particularly enjoyed about Fractured Dream is how I take the characters, especially Varthikes and Audwin McClance, through the full range of emotions: joy, sorrow, fear, shock, anger, anxiousness, various forms of love. I also enjoyed the characters of Dylan and Corbin March, the rogues. They allowed me loosen up a little.
August 30, 2015
I found it confusing with so many dragons with similar names. also to much jumping around making it hard to follow.
January 16, 2017
It's looking like I'm going to have a review for every book in this series, so here goes:
This book picks up seven years from the previous one, but most of the characters from the first one also make an appearance here. The writing is a little darker, and Hansen isn't afraid to kill off peripheral characters here and there. However, positive themes run through this book, and, having started to read Rehatching, this appears to be the case for the entire trilogy (something I'm extremely thankful for).
Much has changed in the seven years, and there are some events referenced outside of the main narrative of the story. This gives the universe as a whole a greater depth, and more races are explored beyond the humans and draconians of the first novel, although the main focus is still between human-dragon relations.
The book has a much broader scope than the first, with a lot more viewpoint characters. This means that the second book is less intimate than the first as a whole, but Hansen still finds time to fit in quiet moments between Audwin and Varthikes.
I continue to be impressed by the dragons, of course.
Once again, there are a few errors in the text, but on the whole it is an improvement from Forging Trust, as is the overall quality of the prose, another trend that continues into the final book in the series.
A warning, however: many of the dragons do have similar names, and even though I like to think I have an adept memory for characters, I can imagine readers getting lost from time to time, especially given that the POV shifts to a *lot* of different characters over the course of the book. I'd recommend using the 'search' function on the E-reader, if yours has one. A 'dramatis personnae' would be useful in future books. This is, I feel, a trivial point however. If you read the book, without stressing over the individual characters, they should distinguish themselves to you soon enough: it's not as scary as I'm making it sound.
Definitely a series worth reading and an author worth watching. I'd say it's pretty much required reading for dragon-lovers, well-known or not.
This book picks up seven years from the previous one, but most of the characters from the first one also make an appearance here. The writing is a little darker, and Hansen isn't afraid to kill off peripheral characters here and there. However, positive themes run through this book, and, having started to read Rehatching, this appears to be the case for the entire trilogy (something I'm extremely thankful for).
Much has changed in the seven years, and there are some events referenced outside of the main narrative of the story. This gives the universe as a whole a greater depth, and more races are explored beyond the humans and draconians of the first novel, although the main focus is still between human-dragon relations.
The book has a much broader scope than the first, with a lot more viewpoint characters. This means that the second book is less intimate than the first as a whole, but Hansen still finds time to fit in quiet moments between Audwin and Varthikes.
I continue to be impressed by the dragons, of course.
Once again, there are a few errors in the text, but on the whole it is an improvement from Forging Trust, as is the overall quality of the prose, another trend that continues into the final book in the series.
A warning, however: many of the dragons do have similar names, and even though I like to think I have an adept memory for characters, I can imagine readers getting lost from time to time, especially given that the POV shifts to a *lot* of different characters over the course of the book. I'd recommend using the 'search' function on the E-reader, if yours has one. A 'dramatis personnae' would be useful in future books. This is, I feel, a trivial point however. If you read the book, without stressing over the individual characters, they should distinguish themselves to you soon enough: it's not as scary as I'm making it sound.
Definitely a series worth reading and an author worth watching. I'd say it's pretty much required reading for dragon-lovers, well-known or not.
January 23, 2015
Loved it was just as good as the first one and am going to start the next right away
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