This is a book which starts out like any old fantasy book, with dragons and magic. However, it drops little hints that maybe things aren't quite what you think they are, and in fact, it turns out that the world the dragons inhabit (and rule) is not quite what you thought.
There's a fairly big twist, and it could have really made this book worthwhile, but it's so sparsely dealt with, it's a waste, a gimmick. And where some books would have intriguing and compelling characters to see you through the plot stupidity, this book has two-dimensional heroes and villains, and an anti-hero who just plain doesn't make sense. At least to me, he didn't . Then, the one thing at the end that could have happened to make the story complete, is hinted at and then revealed to be misdirection.
I feel bad, because the author is an alumni of Orson's Boot Camp, but I just didn't like this, I couldn't in good conscience recommed it to anyone, and I won't read any of his other books.
3 yards.
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