The Dragon's Egg

Dragonfall, Book 1

By: David A. Wells

Narrated by: Derek Perkins

Seventy-five years ago, the dragons fell from the sky. We thought they were just meteorites - six terrifying explosions rang the world like a bell. When the dust settled, we went on with our lives as though nothing had happened.

More than a decade later, five of the eggs hatched. The dragons that emerged were small and weak. They kept to the shadows, working in secret to persuade people to do their bidding, offering magic as payment and reward. Years passed...and still we didn't notice the evil growing in our midst.

The war began suddenly. Survivors called it the "apocalypse" - nine billion people killed in an afternoon. Then the dragons revealed themselves, burning huge swaths of what remained, taunting and mocking and murdering the survivors.

Four leaders arose: the Wizard, the Dragon Rider, the Monk, and the Dragon Slayer. Allied with the rebel dragon, they waged war for years until they, too, were defeated, scattered, or killed.

When the war ended, only one dragon remained...but that single dragon was enough to plunge the world into tyranny.

©2015 David A. Wells (P)2016 Podium Publishing

a good solid start

it was a good solid start to what I hope will be an eventful series some characters were a little annoying but you can make it through, the combination of the stalker characters and the use of tech reminded me of mortal engines a little bit

a very fun listen!

there wasn't a dull moment in this book for me I really liked it I just wish it was longer because I finished this one in a weekend lol!

Liked it. but didn't LOVE it

I had a lingering feeling throughout this book that it continuously fell short . I can't quite figure out if it was the story or the narrator. I enjoyed it all the way through. But I felt something was missing the whole time. I can't put my finger on it.

Great story

Great world building with twists and turns. Lovable and hate worthy characters that remind you of someone.

Must Read

Derek Perkins is wonderful. Kudos to David Wells for wonderful story writing. Great character development and imagination. I listened non stop for 3 days couldn't put it down!

definitely recommend this story

love the character build up and emotion the narrator brings to the table. can't wait to keep following the next books

loved it!

This book had everything you would want in a book. Great storyline that is different and performed with excellence!

great book

loved it, listened to it in the car each morning
got me to work each day a little happier

Great book, but I have a few qualms

First and foremost, I really liked this book. if you are on the fence, buy it and give it a chance. the story is a super fun, skillfully blended mix of futuristic sci-fi, post-apocolyptica, and good old swords and sorcery fantasy. I will definitely purchase the rest of the trilogy.

That said, there are a few elements that I didn't love. First, I understand how a character like Frank contributes to the plot, but to me he's just over the top. After the first dozen asinine things he does that result in near catastrophe for everyone, you'd think he'd realize he doesn't know anything he thinks he knows and just shut up, or someone would shut him up.

Second, the author tries, to great effect, to incorporate some real world elements into the story. That's one of the things I liked about it. I only wish he'd done better research on, or taken fewer liberties with, the realities of fighting with firearms, especially when those firearms are in the hands of characters who have little to no experience with them.

Third, the author makes heavy use of an element that has become a very popular trope in all sorts of modern fictional entertainment media from books to movies to TV shows. The cliche goes that our righteous and moral hero has a strong aversion to employing deadly force against his enemies, because every truly moral person knows that killing is wrong no matter what. Alternatively, our hero has a moral, righteous mentor who admonishes the hero on the moral pitfalls of killing, and that the act invariably leaves black stains on the soul or results in psychological trauma which forever alter a person in fundamental and tragic ways. It seems to be a device writers use to distinguish the good guys from the bad guys in a story where violence is intrinsic in the conflict. The message is that, yeah, the heroes and villains are both killing, but you know the heroes are good because they really really don't like it, and if it stops bothering them it's because their souls are becoming black as soot! My problem with this trope isn't just that it's a trope, but it's also promoting a narrative about morality and human psychology that is essentially false. The underlying assumption that good, moral people abhor killing and people who aren't bothered by killing are evil, or at least morally ambiguous, is contradicted by real world sociological and psychological research on the topic. The truth is there are highly moral people who have no qualms with employing deadly force, and there are terribly immoral people who are strongly averse to it. There's just so much more to the topic than is reflected in this and almost every other modern work of fictional that touches on it. I really wish writers would ditch the trope, delve into the actual research that's out there, and give a more honest portrayal of this relatively rare human experience.

great story

great story took me about two days to finish it couldn't put it down love the characters loved the plot and audible hurry and get Book number 2