Kingdoms at War

An Epic Fantasy Adventure (Dragon Gate, Book 1)

By: Lindsay Buroker

Narrated by: Vivienne Leheny

As a cartography student, Jak has always dreamed of finding the lost dragon gate and exploring and mapping distant worlds.

Developing magical powers and becoming a powerful wizard? Not a chance.

Wizards are cruel and inhumane, warring with each other from their great sky cities and keeping most of humanity enslaved. Jak wants nothing to do with them.

But when he and his archaeologist mother unearth the gate, they attract the attention of the very wizards they sought to avoid. Even more troubling, Jak starts developing magical powers of his own, powers that could rival those of the great rulers.

Fate may have given him the opportunity to change the world.

But the wizard rulers don’t like change, and when they detect threats, they send their elite assassins to eliminate them.

If Jak can’t unlock the power of the gate, and the powers within himself, the world will remain enslaved forever.

©2021 Lindsay Buroker (P)2021 Lindsay Buroker

Story was good but not enough development

I really like the layout of the story. The flow of each event was smooth and didn’t feel too rushed or too slow. My one complaint is not enough power development for Jack. In the summary of the book, it is said that Jack has magic that can rival the rulers yet all he can pretty much do is barely manage to interact with the artifact and use its power.

Jack’s mother is smart and good at making weapons out of liquids in bikes. I was annoyed that in the entire story, they are running away from one enemy and they keep getting caught or the Zadar just mind reads them.

Spoilers!!!!!!
In the very end of the book, Jack and his mother escape with the artifact and are traveling many miles away the enemy that have kept them captive for the entire story. It seems as if they finally have some peace and quiet when Jack’s mother gets a dream. Malech, the Zadar that they have been running away from them visits her and just simple asks where they are going. I remind you that they are literally in a different continent yet they still can’t escape the grasp of this one magic user.

Vivienne did a great job narrating and the story had a good flow to it, yet not very much power development. By no means am I asking for Jack to become overpowered but let him be able to do more than manipulate the artifact when he needs protection or help.

Well done

This is a great series, and I have really enjoyed it - Well written; great female narrator; good story arc over a long series of separate books. I definitely recommend all of these books. This is the first of the series and probably the slowest getting started, but it is all set up for the rest of this great series. Well worth listening to all of these.

Magic, mage ships, mercenaries, ancient artifacts

One of my favorite series of all time
I just love the smart, snarky, and quirky characters and the amazing world building.
It’s a series that draws you in and takes you hostage while you figure out how they’re going to free terrain humans, find and befriend dragons, and maybe find out ancient secrets.

I <3 Lindsay!!!!

I was hooked in the first 15 minutes! The Dragon Blood series were the first audio books I listened to, and I've been hooked on Lindsay's many series ever since. I love your characters, strong female lead roles, and all the slow romance. I just finished the series, so naturally, I am listening all over again! And Vivienne Leheny reading just takes me into a whole world. She is truly gifted storyteller. The whole world disappears as she shares these stories...TAKE MY MONEY! I could listen forever....Thank you Ladies!

Great, interesting characters, a solid foundation

I just came from reading the Cradle Series, which is a fast moving cultivation book. I loved that, but was looking for something that was slower, more political, and darker. the audible version is not as great with one narrator voice, but it was still enjoyable. only was a problem when there was like 3+people of the same sex talking. It was exactly what I was looking for. Although some of the conversations were maybe unnecessary and the combat wasn't always as descriptive as I would like, the pacing was good. At first I thought it might be too dark, but then later throughout the book I founding myself wanting the story to include the more risky, not politically correct aspects and wishing for characters to have even darker pasts. Overall I hope this series goes long. I feel the foundation is strong that the subsequent books will be better.

Unbelievably Wonderful

Couldn't stop listening to this audible book. Long for more. Storyline put me right in the midst of all of it. My emotions were overwhelmed at times.

Great start

Another great universe from Lindsay Buroker, with all sorts of characters. I think it is going to a wild ride and I can’t wait for more. Vivienne is her usual awesome self and I am so happy she narrated this book. I hope she does all the books in this series. Will try to be patient waiting for the next one in the series.

Another winner!

The cliff hanger on this one.....

Can't wait until the next one is out!

amazing story

I am looking forward to the next parts of this story I was riveted to listen to it. I hope that Jack can find away to get the portal open and go through it to see if dragons are still alive.❤❤❤❤❤❤

Very enjoyable story and great narrator

A lot of reviews said this was a very slow book and the rest of the series picks up. I'm excited because I actually really enjoyed the first book. It was slower paced but it was still enjoyable. I can't wait to start the 2nd book!