The Savage King: A Dragon Lords Story

Lords of the Var, Book 1

By: Michelle M. Pillow

Narrated by: Michael Ferraiuolo

"To be ruled by a woman is to be ruled by weakness and kingdoms are only as strong as their rulers. A king must stand alone, beholden to none." - King Attor of the Var

Agent Ulyssa Payne is on a mission. It's her job to make sure the Medical Mafia leader doesn't leave the planet of Qurilixen. But, when her target is killed by his own daughter, her mission is over. Now, she's stuck on a barbarian planet for three months until the Agency comes to get her.

Getting kidnapped by King Attor, she's left in the Var harem to await his return. But, when the King dies in battle and doesn't come for her, she's stuck dealing with his son, the new savage King of the Var. This is one complication Ulyssa didn't need.

A royal complication.

The Var Princes were raised by a hard man who put no stock in love - especially love with one woman. Bred to never take a life mate, these men will do everything in their power to live up to the dead King Attor's expectations and never fall in love.

Kirill is a man who must do his duty, only he didn't expect to do it so soon. When his father dies, he knows it's his destiny to be king. What he didn't expect is the troublesome mistress that's now his to deal with.

©2013 The Raven Books LLC (P)2016 The Raven Books LLC

Var-y Good

This was my first sci fi shifter story, and I really enjoyed it. I hadn't read the Dragon Lords series first, but I felt like this book was able to stand alone. It had great world building, and I enjoyed the cultural differences between the characters. I loved the humor at the end over the use of the word property.

I loved the Var prince brothers and look forward to the stories about the rest of the brothers. I liked Ulyssa for the most part, but there were moments when she came off as childish or TSTL. She redeemed herself in most cases, though. I especially liked how her relationship with Falke developed.

The narrator did a great job with all the different male characters, giving each a different tone and accent, making it easy to tell who's speaking. However, I didn't enjoy his rendition of the women's voices. Like so many male narrators, his female voices are a bit whiny, especially over time.

Yes!!!

After having sampled &/or returned 3 soppy books, I wasn’t expecting too much BUT this listen made me forget the others. Plenty of steam but what I liked most was the use of Thesaurus-worthy words that allowed me to fill-in the blanks - words like “perfume from the nether regions”, etc. Thank you!!🥳 Both MC’s were well-developed, strong & worthy of the story. Looking forward to next book. Oh! And the narrator was superb. He had life in his words. I guess, if I have to be critical, it would be the Spanish accent of the king. Somehow he just didn’t seem European.

great series

Loved this book due to good storyline, loived the characters and really enjoyed the narrator's use of accents for the king and his brothers.

Slow moving

This is not what I expected but was okay; Ulyssa got on my last nerve. It was slow paced and it took a lot to not move on to another book. Michael did a good job with narration; however, adding a female narrator for female characters would have enhanced the story.

Dragons and Cats

I love this story so much. I got a little tired of Alyssa acting like she did at times. But there were only a few minutes she acted like that. I think the narrators voice does it.its sort of whinie in places. I love the series abd can’t wait to see what happens next.

Sweet

Sometimes I called the girl an idiot! Overall this was such a sweet story . I liked that it had a story line

love it

The characters are so full of life, I am always excited to see how the author will develop the personality of each of them.

Awesome love story

She’s undercover to save the lives of the entire world. Somehow she ends up in the dead king’s harem with his Sexy son, the new king.
She’s constantly on his mind but couldn’t ever bow down to a woman (his father’s propaganda).
You don’t know how they can stay together until the end and it’s a wild ride!

awesome book, audio is lovely to listen to

I adored this book so much I started the rest of the collection. the characters are bright, inviting, interesting. the voices, the whole thing is amazing. youll not only like the story (finding an interesting, vivid new world) the support characters practicality calls for there own books. take a chance on this on, you'll love it.

Glad to have discovered this author

Really enjoyed this first book of the series Can't wait to read the others. The story was original and entertaining. You keep rooting for the new king and his mistress that they will get past their misunderstandings to find love. If you like shifter romance with futuristic overtones and a feisty heroine you will enjoy this book. The narrator has the perfect voice for this story. I like his use of accents.