The Azuleah Trilogy

Azuleah Trilogy #0.5-3

by Daniel Adorno

When Lucius discovers he is the fabled hero tasked with stopping a dragon uprising, he sets out from his elvish home seeking to reforge an ancient sword that once killed the dragon lord, Kraegyn. But Lucius knows little about the wide world of Azuleah where he encounters dwarves, faeries, and the villainous Draknoir. With dark forces at every turn, Lucius must depend on the aid of new friends and allies from distant lands to help him reforge the Requiem Sword before the dragons usher an age of fire and darkness to Azuleah.

The Azuleah Trilogy is an epic fantasy series filled with action, adventure, and intrigue.

This boxset includes the following novels:
The Shaman of Neroterra (prequel)
The Blade Heir
Gauntlet of Iniquity
Keep of Dragons

974 pages, Kindle Edition

Published November 16, 2017

About the author

Daniel A Adorno is an author of novels based in the science fiction and fantasy genres. He began writing back in 4th grade when his teacher assigned everyone to craft a short book with construction paper. Daniel was up to the task and wrote a book on race cars worthy of a Pulitzer. Before he was a teenager, his father bought him a typewriter for his birthday and Daniel started writing a sequel to the original race car story, which he titled The Hot Rod. Unfortunately, the book was never published, but Daniel discovered a love for writing from that first story and he continued to write short stories throughout high school and into college. His first completed manuscript was a fantasy story that he finished during finals week of his sophomore year in college. For 8 years, the novel sat in limbo waiting to be edited and then Daniel placed in the top five of a local writing contest. Everything changed. He dusted off the novel and a year later his debut novel, The Blade Heir, was published on Amazon.

Daniel currently resides in Minnesota with his wife and two sons. Besides writing, Daniel enjoys reading speculative fiction, creating digital art, and teaching Sunday school students at his church.

Reviews

[Eric · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 Stars. Some quirky writing, but it could be the Kindle translation. No want for mystical creatures. Banshees, orcs, dwarfs. dragons, wizards, druids, elves, fairies and whatever else you can imagine. An entertaining read. The old, tried and true, good versus evil.

[Jerry Rogers · Rating 4 out of 5]

Overall I enjoyed the story, and many times the alliteration and allusion to Christianity. (Although the events in Caelum were over the top)

Most of the characters were well developed with backgrounds that weren't overly complex, where many fantasy writers tend to dwell. Although you do have the traditional/cliched "the one the prophecy has foretold." Ugh. Conversely, there was one character when acting in the commission of their occupation learned of their heritage. Wow, what a cool twist weaved in as you experience what is going on from the character's point of view.

I also enjoyed the unique development of dragons. They were made more tangible for the world the author developed, and not the near indestructible creatures in most fantasy stories where they tend to be used as plot devices. It's where authors will make it seem like the protagonists are against insurmountable odds. With the Azuleah Trilogy, they were used with opposing motives to the main protagonist having multiple realistic weaknesses, yet still formidable and destructive.

The drawbacks. The author, while very good with descriptive and detailed writing, overused it. Most every scene was heavily described, where there were many scenes that didn't need extensive development since we already have an idea from previous scenes and the world in general. Example, the characters ate this, this and that. Later they ate again, eating whatever meat or provisions. Again later, detailed information about what was eaten during the next meal break. Also, there were areas where editing and grammar would helped immediately, but at least it didn't take me completely out of the story. Then there was the overuse of dialog that was out of place during many of the fight scenes. There were times where the extensive conversations did take me out of the story.

So with the drawbacks, why 4 stars for why I really liked it? The author overall did an very good job in world building, storytelling, and character building. You can see a good deal of effort went into the author developing the plot, along with setting out the character motivations and interactions.

[Alli · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved this story !!

Daniel Adorno created a world that I truly enjoyed reading about ! The characters were well rounded and a joy getting to know !! Yes, there was need for some extra editing but I found the storyline so wonderful that these problems were easy to overlook ! I'm all, I heartily recommend this book !

[Susan]

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