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The Dragons of Unison #1
Purple
Unison is a land of mystery and intrigue, inspired by Viking Age Iceland.
The time is now.
Unison holds many enigmas locked within its ice bound surface, and this Long Day, Erann, Sereh and Greeneyes will begin to discover them.
Sereh; determined to take a chance on freedom when it presents itself, no matter the perils.
Erann; desperate to save his mother’s life, regardless of the cost to his pride.
Greeneyes; driven to push the boundaries of his ancestory, with little thought for the consequences.
As the long overdue sun finally crests the horizon after half a rotation Sereh, Erann and Greeneyes find themselves rediscovering the lost secrets of their cold and frozen land.
The time is now.
Unison holds many enigmas locked within its ice bound surface, and this Long Day, Erann, Sereh and Greeneyes will begin to discover them.
Sereh; determined to take a chance on freedom when it presents itself, no matter the perils.
Erann; desperate to save his mother’s life, regardless of the cost to his pride.
Greeneyes; driven to push the boundaries of his ancestory, with little thought for the consequences.
As the long overdue sun finally crests the horizon after half a rotation Sereh, Erann and Greeneyes find themselves rediscovering the lost secrets of their cold and frozen land.
282 pages, Kindle Edition
First published December 14, 2011
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M.J. Porter
111 books260 followersI'm an author of historical fiction (Early English (before 1066)/Viking) and now five 20th-century mysteries..
The Eagle of Mercia Chronicles (featuring a young Icel from The Last King series) is now available from Boldwood Books. As is the complete Brunanburh Series and the first two books in the Dark Age Chronicles, my foray to before Saxon England was Saxon England. Enjoy.
The Ninth Century Series (The Last King), are stories of ninth-century England, but not as it's been written before, (featuring an older Icel and some other familiar faces too).
The Erdington Mysteries now has a third book in the series—The Secret Sauce. (Did you know Erdington would have been in Mercia back in the Saxon period? I know, you can't get me away from the place.) The Barrage Body is coming soon.
The Royal Women Who Made England, my first non-fiction book about the royal women of the tenth century, is available now.
I like to write. You've been warned.
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(I have odd reading tastes - there's no need to notice though!!) I'm also exceedingly anti-social - that you may notice but must accept!
The Eagle of Mercia Chronicles (featuring a young Icel from The Last King series) is now available from Boldwood Books. As is the complete Brunanburh Series and the first two books in the Dark Age Chronicles, my foray to before Saxon England was Saxon England. Enjoy.
The Ninth Century Series (The Last King), are stories of ninth-century England, but not as it's been written before, (featuring an older Icel and some other familiar faces too).
The Erdington Mysteries now has a third book in the series—The Secret Sauce. (Did you know Erdington would have been in Mercia back in the Saxon period? I know, you can't get me away from the place.) The Barrage Body is coming soon.
The Royal Women Who Made England, my first non-fiction book about the royal women of the tenth century, is available now.
I like to write. You've been warned.
Find me at
www.mjporterauthor.com or at www.mjporterauthor.blog where I blog about books and films and sometimes, writing!
https://linktr.ee/MJPorterauthor
https://mjporterauthor.sumupstore.com
You can join my monthly subscriber newsletters and gain access to the restricted page on my blog at the same time.
https://BookHip.com/MGWHLDC (Saxon stories)
https://BookHip.com/THPKCKP (mysteries only)
(I have odd reading tastes - there's no need to notice though!!) I'm also exceedingly anti-social - that you may notice but must accept!
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January 13, 2014
“Purple” by author M.J. Porter is the first book in her ‘The Dragons of Unison’ Trilogy. For me, it felt like an enjoyable puzzle. It might come off as confusing to some readers at first, but as the chapter’s progress everything falls neatly into place.
The whole story seems to shift from Sereh to Erann to Greeneyes (going back and forth, etc.) to convey what is happening to the characters. I felt it would’ve been better if the character perspectives were shown in different chapters, especially at the start when the story is told by the human protagonists. One of the enjoyable characters was Sereh’s female wolf, Arrow. I liked how the author described the animal and her loyalty to Sereh. Another enjoyable chapter was when Greeneyes took flight and tried to see how high he could fly.
There isn’t much dialogue in the story. However, the author makes up for that through amazing description of the environment. I could feel the cold air as I read the characters trying to survive their frozen surroundings. The whole story has a systematic feel to it and that’s why all the pieces (no matter which character is prominent in it) stick together to give the reader an entertaining fantasy read. The same events are told through the perspectives of the three characters and that’s what helps in completing the whole story and tell the readers ‘exactly’ what happened. There are some abrupt page breaks in some chapters and the scenes tend to change from one character to the other or even from the past to the present. But it’s nothing that’s too confusing.
As it’s the first in the series, this book mostly focused on introducing the three main characters: The two humans and a dragon. There’s still a lot that can happen in the series and that’s why there’s a lot of room for further character development and the unraveling of mysteries, new and old.
“Purple (The Dragons of Unison #1)” gets four of five stars from me. It might not be for all fantasy lovers: No dwarves, fairies, elves, etc. in this one. But it’s still a very enjoyable read. If you want a story that has amazing description in it, then this one is for you.
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The whole story seems to shift from Sereh to Erann to Greeneyes (going back and forth, etc.) to convey what is happening to the characters. I felt it would’ve been better if the character perspectives were shown in different chapters, especially at the start when the story is told by the human protagonists. One of the enjoyable characters was Sereh’s female wolf, Arrow. I liked how the author described the animal and her loyalty to Sereh. Another enjoyable chapter was when Greeneyes took flight and tried to see how high he could fly.
There isn’t much dialogue in the story. However, the author makes up for that through amazing description of the environment. I could feel the cold air as I read the characters trying to survive their frozen surroundings. The whole story has a systematic feel to it and that’s why all the pieces (no matter which character is prominent in it) stick together to give the reader an entertaining fantasy read. The same events are told through the perspectives of the three characters and that’s what helps in completing the whole story and tell the readers ‘exactly’ what happened. There are some abrupt page breaks in some chapters and the scenes tend to change from one character to the other or even from the past to the present. But it’s nothing that’s too confusing.
As it’s the first in the series, this book mostly focused on introducing the three main characters: The two humans and a dragon. There’s still a lot that can happen in the series and that’s why there’s a lot of room for further character development and the unraveling of mysteries, new and old.
“Purple (The Dragons of Unison #1)” gets four of five stars from me. It might not be for all fantasy lovers: No dwarves, fairies, elves, etc. in this one. But it’s still a very enjoyable read. If you want a story that has amazing description in it, then this one is for you.
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June 4, 2016
The spectacular, mystical, frozen world of Unison built by Porter in the first book of The Dragon of Unison is well-crafted and intriguing. With a Nordic feel and mysteries popping up from the very start, it's easy to get drawn into this novel. Sereh, Erann, and, eventually, Greeneyes were wonderful characters that were easy to sympathize with and root for. I especially fell for Greeneyes and his insatiable curiosity about the Others, which is going to lead them all right to where they're supposed to be, I think.
I found the plot a bit hard to follow at the beginning of the book. The first half of the story is littered with flashbacks, and it took me some time to figure out when things were happening and who knew what. It was annoying, but by the last half of the book, things cleared up and there were no more flashbacks to worry over. The biggest issue with this book, as interesting as it is story-wise, is the writing. Unfortunately, there were quite a few typos and words being misused ("imagines" instead of "images," etc.). What otherwise might have been a solid four-star read for me, lost quite a few points on this.
Though this is clearly only the beginning of the story for Sereh, Erann, and their friends, this first installment doesn't end on a cliffhanger, which is a relief for me. Instead the ending was a revelation for Sereh and a sweet progression of the subtle romance in the book. Perfect, really. I'm not sure whether I will continue this series in the future, but I'm certainly keeping my options open.
[I received this book for free through First Reads and was not required to write a positive or any other type of review. All opinions stated herein are solely my own.]
I found the plot a bit hard to follow at the beginning of the book. The first half of the story is littered with flashbacks, and it took me some time to figure out when things were happening and who knew what. It was annoying, but by the last half of the book, things cleared up and there were no more flashbacks to worry over. The biggest issue with this book, as interesting as it is story-wise, is the writing. Unfortunately, there were quite a few typos and words being misused ("imagines" instead of "images," etc.). What otherwise might have been a solid four-star read for me, lost quite a few points on this.
Though this is clearly only the beginning of the story for Sereh, Erann, and their friends, this first installment doesn't end on a cliffhanger, which is a relief for me. Instead the ending was a revelation for Sereh and a sweet progression of the subtle romance in the book. Perfect, really. I'm not sure whether I will continue this series in the future, but I'm certainly keeping my options open.
[I received this book for free through First Reads and was not required to write a positive or any other type of review. All opinions stated herein are solely my own.]
January 1, 2014
Purple is the first book in The Dragon of Unison Series
The story starts as the Long night (Unisons winter) is ending.Sereh (a young serving girl) is sent out on an unpleasant errand and is trapped in a terrible snow storm. Miraculously surviving the storm she decides this is her chance to escape her master, as he would think her dead. As she is wandering lost through the snow covered mountain she finds Erann,a friend from her childhood, colapsed in the snow. The story goes through one or the other of them leaving but they always end up back together again as they realise they are falling in love. However Erann has a secret and as much as he wishes, he can't tell Sereh.
The same events are told over from three different views. That of Erann, Sereh and Greeneyes. Each telling adds extra details and helps the story all fall into place.
This is not for hardcore fantasy fans. No swords,shades or undead here.
I loved the story it was an easy pleasant read and I was drawn into the world of Unison immediately. The description of the surroundings and living conditions were so good I could feel myself there.
I don't over analyse books, I read to be taken away somewhere else and this book did it beautifully.
Can't wait to get started on Blue!
The story starts as the Long night (Unisons winter) is ending.Sereh (a young serving girl) is sent out on an unpleasant errand and is trapped in a terrible snow storm. Miraculously surviving the storm she decides this is her chance to escape her master, as he would think her dead. As she is wandering lost through the snow covered mountain she finds Erann,a friend from her childhood, colapsed in the snow. The story goes through one or the other of them leaving but they always end up back together again as they realise they are falling in love. However Erann has a secret and as much as he wishes, he can't tell Sereh.
The same events are told over from three different views. That of Erann, Sereh and Greeneyes. Each telling adds extra details and helps the story all fall into place.
This is not for hardcore fantasy fans. No swords,shades or undead here.
I loved the story it was an easy pleasant read and I was drawn into the world of Unison immediately. The description of the surroundings and living conditions were so good I could feel myself there.
I don't over analyse books, I read to be taken away somewhere else and this book did it beautifully.
Can't wait to get started on Blue!
July 21, 2016
This book is quite obviously an introduction to a series, but still manages to have an interesting plot line whilst still leaving loose threads to be continued later.
Once I got over the initial surprise and confusion, I found that the way the time line is set out in the book, with backfilling over what's already happened from a completely different perspective (and not done at all in a slow boring way either).
There are a couple more typos than might be expected, but they don't make the book any harder to understand.
There is quite a pervading sense of mystery in this book, from the littler mysteries within the story, to the larger mystery of where the series is going to go from here.
I would most like to know more about the characters, specifically Sereh and how she ended up with Jarl Rankil.
Overall, an interesting introduction that manages to convey quite a bit of information about a very different world whilst still putting in enough action to keep the plot going.
Once I got over the initial surprise and confusion, I found that the way the time line is set out in the book, with backfilling over what's already happened from a completely different perspective (and not done at all in a slow boring way either).
There are a couple more typos than might be expected, but they don't make the book any harder to understand.
There is quite a pervading sense of mystery in this book, from the littler mysteries within the story, to the larger mystery of where the series is going to go from here.
I would most like to know more about the characters, specifically Sereh and how she ended up with Jarl Rankil.
Overall, an interesting introduction that manages to convey quite a bit of information about a very different world whilst still putting in enough action to keep the plot going.
June 2, 2015
Wow amazing story I loved reading this wonderful book. This interesting, engrossing & inviting story that I couldn,t put down the story telling is excellent and I can,t wait to read more of this fabulous story as it unfolds the party of characters and they're part in the story where very enjoyable for the imagination it was a pleasure to emerge myself in this wonderful story. So said I would be very delighted to recommend this amazing book to my friends and my heart felt thanks to the amazing author M.J.Porter for the wonderful privilege of reading this wonderful book so to all happy reading and keep smiling from wee me. xxxxxxx
March 6, 2015
I must be honest I was struggling a little at the slow starting of the book. But as it went along the story became more interesting. As it is the first book of a trilogy the characters need to be introduced probably that is the slow start. I am looking forward to reading the other 2 in the trilogy to see how the story continues and ends. There were a few typos but all in all didn't make the book any less interesting or difficult to read or understand.I won this book in Good reads First reads. thank you for the opportunity
February 13, 2014
The book started off quite slowly and I must be honest I was struggling a little to keep reading. But as it went along the story became more interesting. As it is the first book of a trilogy the characters need to be introduced and that is probably while I found it slow going. I am looking forward to reading the other 2 in the trilogy to find out what happens.
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