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Myth of The Dragon #1
In The Shadow of Ziammotienth
Why is it that thieves and mages never mix? Probably because thieves remind mages too much of themselves.
A young female thief is working to help her crew stay alive in Waypoint, a city that exists on the precipice of humanity to one side and in the shadows of Ziammotienth on the other.
Also called Tolan’s Doom, the mountain torn asunder by a dragon—if you believe in myths.
Many an adventurer calls Waypoint the only bastion of civilization before returning to the remains of the once-great half-elven city’s remains from which to strike into the darkness underground.
Most do not return.
Kaylin has no intention of heading to the mountain’s grip. But will she be able to evade its grasp?
Is Ziammotienth just a story of legends and minstrels or much more? Commerce, adventure, and intrigue swirl around the young thief as she fights her way into a far larger world than she had expected to experience.
A young female thief is working to help her crew stay alive in Waypoint, a city that exists on the precipice of humanity to one side and in the shadows of Ziammotienth on the other.
Also called Tolan’s Doom, the mountain torn asunder by a dragon—if you believe in myths.
Many an adventurer calls Waypoint the only bastion of civilization before returning to the remains of the once-great half-elven city’s remains from which to strike into the darkness underground.
Most do not return.
Kaylin has no intention of heading to the mountain’s grip. But will she be able to evade its grasp?
Is Ziammotienth just a story of legends and minstrels or much more? Commerce, adventure, and intrigue swirl around the young thief as she fights her way into a far larger world than she had expected to experience.
713 pages, Kindle Edition
Published November 19, 2021
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December 14, 2023
While the parts I got to read where rather well-written, I dropped this book for four main reasons.
1. I tend to avoid books with kids as MC because most times, the voices they are given don't match their age, and that just pulls me out of immersion. I can't relate.
2. I found the magic system simply ridiculous.
3. In general, magic academy is big no-no for me. I've yet to read a book that avoids the dreadful clichés it evokes (a book that goes beyond the first class/subject).
4. The chapter where MC is cornered into going to said magic school was a mess of incoherence and convenience. That was just way too juvenile for me.
I'll let more enlightened people enjoy this one.
1. I tend to avoid books with kids as MC because most times, the voices they are given don't match their age, and that just pulls me out of immersion. I can't relate.
2. I found the magic system simply ridiculous.
3. In general, magic academy is big no-no for me. I've yet to read a book that avoids the dreadful clichés it evokes (a book that goes beyond the first class/subject).
4. The chapter where MC is cornered into going to said magic school was a mess of incoherence and convenience. That was just way too juvenile for me.
I'll let more enlightened people enjoy this one.
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September 17, 2024DNF at 150 pages.
I wanted to like this but it reads too young for my taste and I don't care about these characters.
Kids as MC is something that doesn't appeal to me, but when they're supposedly so good at what they do and survive in this dark world just to pull the most ridiculous moves and have shitty dialogues in the book... I can't get into it.
I wanted to like this but it reads too young for my taste and I don't care about these characters.
Kids as MC is something that doesn't appeal to me, but when they're supposedly so good at what they do and survive in this dark world just to pull the most ridiculous moves and have shitty dialogues in the book... I can't get into it.
January 12, 2025
This book just couldn't decide what story it wanted to tell. Plot/Setting changed 3 different times and found myself reading it just to finish it the last 1/3 of the book.
unfinished
July 6, 2025Not feeling it at the moment.
January 19, 2022
Very engaging
What can I say that I haven't already said about Mr. Anderle's writing? It has awesome characters, well planned out plot lines, impressive world-building, is expertly editted, etc.
It has only 1 misspelled word: the sound used to stop a horse is spelled whoa. Sound it out: wh - oa. (Remember the rhyme? When two vowels go walking, the first one says its name!) There are exceptions, such as when a is paired with h, as in ah. That's the sound you make after your first sip of great coffee. So if you put it with "wo" (which sounds a bit like the horse stopping sound), you get a two syllable word: "wo - ah" which rhymes with the name Noah. So fix your spellcheck, and remember this basic mnemonic. Dear Mother! Its only a 4 letter word...
Super rare 9/10 unicorns! Highly recommended to buy or borrow.
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What can I say that I haven't already said about Mr. Anderle's writing? It has awesome characters, well planned out plot lines, impressive world-building, is expertly editted, etc.
It has only 1 misspelled word: the sound used to stop a horse is spelled whoa. Sound it out: wh - oa. (Remember the rhyme? When two vowels go walking, the first one says its name!) There are exceptions, such as when a is paired with h, as in ah. That's the sound you make after your first sip of great coffee. So if you put it with "wo" (which sounds a bit like the horse stopping sound), you get a two syllable word: "wo - ah" which rhymes with the name Noah. So fix your spellcheck, and remember this basic mnemonic. Dear Mother! Its only a 4 letter word...
Super rare 9/10 unicorns! Highly recommended to buy or borrow.
🦄🦄🦄🦄🦄🦄🦄🦄🦄
April 24, 2022
Michael Anderle does it again.
Apart from toiling at his craft for 1000's of hours, he obviously has an advantage. Has he secretly got a big sack of pixie dust that he uses, is he part wizard? You decide. Whatever it is it works.
If you enjoy the genre's he; along with his trusty cohort of collaborative writer's produce then you can't go wrong reading the results of their excellent offerings. If you follow Michael and his friends keep reading. If they are new to you dive in you have a lot of catching up to do!
I read 'Death Becomes Her' almost 3 years ago and have been having a blast ever since, reading in excess of 200 books a year. The Brownstone, Zoo, Skaar series etc. etc. and my too read list still stretches ahead of me.
Keep up the good work Michael, I'm off to open book 2 of the Ziammotienth saga.
Apart from toiling at his craft for 1000's of hours, he obviously has an advantage. Has he secretly got a big sack of pixie dust that he uses, is he part wizard? You decide. Whatever it is it works.
If you enjoy the genre's he; along with his trusty cohort of collaborative writer's produce then you can't go wrong reading the results of their excellent offerings. If you follow Michael and his friends keep reading. If they are new to you dive in you have a lot of catching up to do!
I read 'Death Becomes Her' almost 3 years ago and have been having a blast ever since, reading in excess of 200 books a year. The Brownstone, Zoo, Skaar series etc. etc. and my too read list still stretches ahead of me.
Keep up the good work Michael, I'm off to open book 2 of the Ziammotienth saga.
January 25, 2022
I've missed classic fantasy this was a glorious fulfillment for my need of something
Loved the classic dragon fantasy magic aspects.... So happy to see there's a sequel I can dig into now and not months from now. So many of the current stuff being written is litRPG which I don't mind, but it's just not the same as a classic dragon and sorcerer style fantasy book. And I love the Urban and post-apocalyptic work as well. Just miss when I was young and got into Anne McCaffrey and so many other authors that wrote similar stories that were just fun. I remember my first big book was magician apprentice by Raymond Feist and getting back to some good old fashioned fantasy is really nice.
Loved the classic dragon fantasy magic aspects.... So happy to see there's a sequel I can dig into now and not months from now. So many of the current stuff being written is litRPG which I don't mind, but it's just not the same as a classic dragon and sorcerer style fantasy book. And I love the Urban and post-apocalyptic work as well. Just miss when I was young and got into Anne McCaffrey and so many other authors that wrote similar stories that were just fun. I remember my first big book was magician apprentice by Raymond Feist and getting back to some good old fashioned fantasy is really nice.
September 20, 2022
Rejected for language
Amazon is clueless and careless about recommendations to their Kindle Unlimited readers.
The first thing I do after downloading a book is use the Search feature for several crude words. (Sorry, but if I put those words in this review it would not meet Amazon "standards" and the review would be REJECTED. Fact. )
Well, guess what. "Myth of the Dragon book1" by Michael Anderle is full of such potty mouth. Why Amazon continues to recommend such books to me is inexplicable. I've read every day for 227 weeks in a row according to Reading Insights. (87 titles in 2022.) They could know what I read - or do NOT read- if they tried.
Amazon is clueless and careless about recommendations to their Kindle Unlimited readers.
The first thing I do after downloading a book is use the Search feature for several crude words. (Sorry, but if I put those words in this review it would not meet Amazon "standards" and the review would be REJECTED. Fact. )
Well, guess what. "Myth of the Dragon book1" by Michael Anderle is full of such potty mouth. Why Amazon continues to recommend such books to me is inexplicable. I've read every day for 227 weeks in a row according to Reading Insights. (87 titles in 2022.) They could know what I read - or do NOT read- if they tried.
March 11, 2024
I quite liked this YA adventure fantasy. It's a bit long, and could have been tightened places, but it works. # parts for young Kaylin, who starts out as a thief trying to keep a ragtag batch of orphans safe and fed, then Kaylin, the student mage, and lastly Kaylin the scavenger trying to search a ruined and monster filled city for Elvish texts and enough stuff of value to keep herself housed and fed. During the last portion, she acquires a tiny dragon as friend, ally, and guide. It's a long book, and and despite the rapid delivery of narrator Emily Beresford, it's still an 18.5 hour listen.
December 2, 2021
This is a pretty good start to a series. I picked it up because I have read other books from this publisher/author, and liked most of them (though by no means all of them), so I figured it was worth a shot, I mean, after all, it claimed it had dragons, and who can resist a good dragon story. And, I have to say, I really liked the little dragon in this one. I'm most certainly looking forward to more in this series. I mean ... Dragons.
July 31, 2022
Kaylin is becoming a mage
Kaylin has a hard life, but doesn't let it bring her down. She goes through a lot; from living in the streets, to going to a magic academy, to living in a city surrounded but orcs, goblins and worse. Through it all she makes friends and tries to help keep them alive while learning to be a mage. Great storyline and even better characters kept me engrossed in the book and very excited to continue with the series.
Kaylin has a hard life, but doesn't let it bring her down. She goes through a lot; from living in the streets, to going to a magic academy, to living in a city surrounded but orcs, goblins and worse. Through it all she makes friends and tries to help keep them alive while learning to be a mage. Great storyline and even better characters kept me engrossed in the book and very excited to continue with the series.
November 23, 2021
This may develop into a decent story, but I really struggled to get into the book, after about a hundred pages I found myself skipping sections hoping it would get a move on. I kept going another hundred or so pages, but the ‘world’ the author had created wasn’t grabbing me and I really wasn’t enjoying the book.
November 26, 2021
Brilliant, exciting and fun!
The story of an orphan who became a thief to survive, accidentally learning she can perform magic. Caught robbing a magically secured vault, required to study at and graduate from the Mage Academy, she falls foul of the politics there and has to flee again.
The story of an orphan who became a thief to survive, accidentally learning she can perform magic. Caught robbing a magically secured vault, required to study at and graduate from the Mage Academy, she falls foul of the politics there and has to flee again.
December 16, 2021
There he goes again...
As I read this story I am again amazed at the fact that Mike has an amazing imagination. One on par with Brandon Sanderson. And the author's he partners with are amazing too. I love his heroine's and his twist on the familiar she has I can't wait for the next one....
As I read this story I am again amazed at the fact that Mike has an amazing imagination. One on par with Brandon Sanderson. And the author's he partners with are amazing too. I love his heroine's and his twist on the familiar she has I can't wait for the next one....
February 9, 2022
Great book!
I could not put it down. Great adventure, a couple of interesting twists. Definitely recommend if you are looking for a book about a plucky youg heroine, her friends, dealing with bullies, luck...lots of luck and of course dragons. Looking forward to the next book...After I finish my homework.
I could not put it down. Great adventure, a couple of interesting twists. Definitely recommend if you are looking for a book about a plucky youg heroine, her friends, dealing with bullies, luck...lots of luck and of course dragons. Looking forward to the next book...After I finish my homework.
August 7, 2022
Great start
A little slow to start but doing the raised from the street to being someone story in the expected fantasy trope does do that. For all that however the story is easy to follow along with and each stage of her journey keeps you asking what is ahead for our MC.
Great start to this new series and one that will surely be a hit.
A little slow to start but doing the raised from the street to being someone story in the expected fantasy trope does do that. For all that however the story is easy to follow along with and each stage of her journey keeps you asking what is ahead for our MC.
Great start to this new series and one that will surely be a hit.
June 17, 2023
I am a fan of this author. I was eager to start a new journey with lovable characters. The first quarter of the book was as expected. The middle two quarters were a plod. The last quarter was really good. Can't wait to see what she finds in the lost library. This doesn't sound like the author I am used to. Collaboration??
January 29, 2022
Thrilling and action packed.
A brilliant fantasy adventure book.
Great characters with realistic situations and lots of action.
I loved the story arc and all the characters including the non human ones.
I look forward to the next one 😀
A brilliant fantasy adventure book.
Great characters with realistic situations and lots of action.
I loved the story arc and all the characters including the non human ones.
I look forward to the next one 😀
June 7, 2022
Great storyline
Characters are believable and great variety of personalities. Story line has different stages and all are interesting and really ( in this fantasy world). Very enjoyable read, looking forward to more.
Characters are believable and great variety of personalities. Story line has different stages and all are interesting and really ( in this fantasy world). Very enjoyable read, looking forward to more.
July 1, 2022
Yes its worth the time to read
The book started out boring ,but got way more interesting the more I read . Interesting characters and story. It ended good enough for me to get the next in the series.
The book started out boring ,but got way more interesting the more I read . Interesting characters and story. It ended good enough for me to get the next in the series.
September 26, 2022
Start of another good book
Michael has done it again. When I started reading, I wondered where this was leading, with all the twists and turns, but as it progressed it started making sense. Can't wait to read more.
This author has spoiled my reading habits.
Michael has done it again. When I started reading, I wondered where this was leading, with all the twists and turns, but as it progressed it started making sense. Can't wait to read more.
This author has spoiled my reading habits.
October 27, 2022
Another Anderle Hit
Surprisingly good. Good characters and lots of action. The magic sort of slowly creeps into the story but is bubbling out by the end. Looking forward to the next.
Surprisingly good. Good characters and lots of action. The magic sort of slowly creeps into the story but is bubbling out by the end. Looking forward to the next.
November 13, 2023
Good story
Michael you've done it again. I'm going to borrow the rest of this series. I really enjoyed this book. You have a great sense and the ability to keep me interested. Thanks again.
Michael you've done it again. I'm going to borrow the rest of this series. I really enjoyed this book. You have a great sense and the ability to keep me interested. Thanks again.
December 20, 2023
Beginnings
I like the layout of the story. It goes from a girl with a mysterious past who becomes a thief from necessity to a future filled with possibilities. I look forward to the future adventures of the thief-mage.
I like the layout of the story. It goes from a girl with a mysterious past who becomes a thief from necessity to a future filled with possibilities. I look forward to the future adventures of the thief-mage.
March 25, 2024
In the Shadow of Ziammotienth
Another wonderful book from Michael. It sucks you in from the first page. There is lots of action and all that Kaylin goes thru has you rooting for her to come out on top for a change.
Another wonderful book from Michael. It sucks you in from the first page. There is lots of action and all that Kaylin goes thru has you rooting for her to come out on top for a change.
April 4, 2022
3.5 stars
May 27, 2022
Pleasantly Surprised
I was surprised with it's length. A very good read, and a strong desire for the next book. I loved the characters.
I was surprised with it's length. A very good read, and a strong desire for the next book. I loved the characters.
May 27, 2022
Excellent book
A great adventure with rich, full characters and action that keeps you turning the page not skipping them. Well done!
A great adventure with rich, full characters and action that keeps you turning the page not skipping them. Well done!
June 10, 2022
Surprisingly boring.
July 6, 2022
PHANTASTIC !
I was caught, and Now you have me Trapped ! Love the Lifeline and the Quest. I'm addicted ! THANK You for this Gift..
I was caught, and Now you have me Trapped ! Love the Lifeline and the Quest. I'm addicted ! THANK You for this Gift..
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