Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
5/5
Unavailable
Unavailable
Unavailable
Ebook365 pages6 hours
A Dragon From the Desert: The Dragonbond Saga, #1
By William King
Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
4.5/5
()
Currently unavailable
Currently unavailable
About this ebook
"The King of High Adventure," Starlog.
"Immediately convincing, classically brooding," Steve Tompkins, The Cimmerian.
The biggest problem in fifteen year old Raif's life used to be finding lost goats. Now, apprenticed to a terrifying war wizard he is caught in the web of intrigue and assassination surrounding the heir to his home kingdom. And if that was not enough he becomes foster parent to an orphaned dragon. He must do his best to make sure he and his new friend survive the dangers of the deadly world in which they find themselves.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
William King lives in Prague, Czech Republic with his lovely wife Radka and his sons Dan and William Karel. He has been a professional author and games developer for over a quarter of a century. He is the creator of Gotrek and Felix for Black Library. He is also the author of the World of Warcraft novel Illidan. Over a million of his books are in print in English.
He has been nominated for the David Gemmell Legend Award. His short fiction has appeared in Year's Best SF and Best of Interzone. He has twice won the Origins Awards For Game Design. His hobbies include role-playing games and MMOs as well as travel.
Unavailable
Read more from William King
Armageddon Protocol: Stormtrooper 13
Related to A Dragon From the Desert
Related ebooks
The Spiral of My Destiny: The Rosteval Saga, #2 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Book of Dreams Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Weight of Their Souls Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsClass-M Exile Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Steelflower in Snow: The Steelflower Chronicles, #3 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Seven Wonders Journals: The Orphan Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsUmbertouched: Rosemarked, #2 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsFinal Flight: A Clockwork Dagger Story Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Red Mother: A Tor.com Original Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsCrowns and Kingdoms Book Seven: Goth Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Assassin's Mark: Edge of Oblivion, #1 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsElen: For Camelot's Honor Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Burn Me Deadly: An Eddie LaCrosse Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Underdogs Rise: Volume 1 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsFlight of the Godkin Griffin: The Godkindred Saga, #1 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Realms of the Dragons: Maiden to the Dragon #2 (Alpha Dragon Shifter Romance): Maiden to the Dragon, #2 Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Realms of the Dragons: Maiden to the Dragon #2 (Alpha Dragon Shifter Romance) Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Realms of the Dragons: Maiden to the Dragon, Book 2 (Dragon Shifter Romance) Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Shatter the Earth Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Spirited Magic: Druid Enforcer Academy, #2 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Broken Kings: Book Three of The Merlin Codex Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Pale Mare's Fosterling: Volume III of Tales of the Dearg-Sidhe Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Wolf Sea Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Persian Boy Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Demon King: Book Two of the Seer King Trilogy Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Warlock and the Church of Bells (Ward: Book Two) Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsDaughter of the Salt King Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Wedding Of Sorts: Inklet, #74 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Barrows: Gryphonpike Chronicles, #1 Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Last of the Usurpers Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Fantasy For You
The Lord Of The Rings: One Volume Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Warrior of the Light: A Manual Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Fellowship Of The Ring: Being the First Part of The Lord of the Rings Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Fairy Tale Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Nettle & Bone Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Tress of the Emerald Sea: Secret Projects, #1 Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Priory of the Orange Tree Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Silmarillion Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Dark Tower I: The Gunslinger Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Princess Bride: S. Morgenstern's Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5This Is How You Lose the Time War Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Ocean at the End of the Lane: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Sarah J. Maas: Series Reading Order - with Summaries & Checklist Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Black Sun Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Eyes of the Dragon Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Piranesi Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Picture of Dorian Gray (The Original 1890 Uncensored Edition + The Expanded and Revised 1891 Edition) Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Immortal Longings Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The City of Dreaming Books Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Smoke and Mirrors: Short Fictions and Illusions Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Mistborn: Secret History Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Phantom Tollbooth Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Assassin and the Empire: A Throne of Glass Novella Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Don Quixote: [Complete & Illustrated] Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Assassin and the Pirate Lord: A Throne of Glass Novella Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Book of Magic: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Related podcast episodes
DLO 19: WE'RE STILL HERE: Dead Letter Office of Somewhere, Ohio 0% found this document usefulSeinfeld and Solnit 0% found this document usefulIron and the Supernatural, part two: The Blacksmith: Episode 11: Iron and the Supernatural, part 2: The Blacksmith 0% found this document usefulWalk on Water 0% found this document usefulSeason 3 EP. 31: Sympathy for a Devil 0% found this document usefulA Girl, Up in the Air, In Africa 0% found this document usefulMy Parents Are Rich but i live in a sewer | My Animated Story ? 0% found this document useful2: The Best Led Zeppelin Song is by Pink Floyd: No Rest for the Wicked: Jen and Sarah talk No Rest for the Wicked. 100% found this document usefulWhat They Didn’t Teach Me at Oxford, I Learned in Jail 0% found this document useful#12: The Free Trade Zone — Part Two 0% found this document usefulThe Creatures Fought to the Death 0% found this document useful
Related articles
I Met Myself Coming Back Writing MagazineArticle
I Met Myself Coming Back
Oct 6, 2022
6 min readWarden Of The Coast PC GamerArticle
Warden Of The Coast
Feb 2, 2023
6 min readTALL, WIDE, and Piercing Eyes Cricket Magazine Fiction and Non-Fiction Stories for Children and Young TeensArticle
TALL, WIDE, and Piercing Eyes
Mar 1, 2019
7 min readA Close Encounter With A Lion African Hunting GazetteArticle
A Close Encounter With A Lion
May 25, 2023
My Dear Baker Mrs Oswell and myself thoroughly enjoyed our stay with you and your charming wife in June. It was a true pleasure for us both to renew old times and friendship. We trust that your trip to India will be a pleasant one, and the ship you a
6 min readWarden Of The Coast PC GamerArticle
Warden Of The Coast
Feb 2, 2023
6 min readOur Lady Of The Rockies Guernica MagazineArticle
Our Lady Of The Rockies
Aug 7, 2023
13 min readWarden Of The Coast PC Gamer (US Edition)Article
Warden Of The Coast
Feb 21, 2023
6 min read‘Half A Goose And Half An Excuse...’ Shooting Times & CountryArticle
‘Half A Goose And Half An Excuse...’
Nov 17, 2021
5 min readTwo Poems by Phillip B. Williams The Paris ReviewArticle
Two Poems by Phillip B. Williams
Dec 15, 2017
The masters are yet dead. Wanting to be human,I tried to rewrite The Waste Land. The canon’s reachcasts ruinous light. The masters’ pens breachthis page where, above, my own hand spectates. Babylonrisen, exorcism in reverse, whose nature upended now?
6 min readCommunity Of Peers After Dinner Conversation: PhilosophyArticle
Community Of Peers
Feb 10, 2021
After the war, I travelled to a village in the south of the province. It was my intention to vacation for the weekend in an unknown land. I followed a small river that was alternately green beneath the foliage of the forest and blue while it coursed
6 min readIt’s Light Work On The Foxes Shooting Times & CountryArticle
It’s Light Work On The Foxes
Sep 8, 2021
5 min readVietnam My Son, The Soldier The Saturday Evening PostArticle
Vietnam My Son, The Soldier
Sep 1, 2021
9 min readHUNTING With The Ellements… African Hunting GazetteArticle
HUNTING With The Ellements…
Sep 13, 2021
19 min readA Thousand Embers New Zealand ListenerArticle
A Thousand Embers
Aug 13, 2023
The old man’s grave hung like a mist over the whole of the wops. The world was still and soundless. Even the owl that watches over this place had ceased to call its name. Ru-ru. And though it wasn’t cold, an eerie chill possessed us, our breath visib
3 min readThe Sound Of Bongo White HorsesArticle
The Sound Of Bongo
Oct 2, 2019
4 min readThe Wind Feels Loss Popshot MagazineArticle
The Wind Feels Loss
Aug 8, 2019
7 min readIf Sheep COULD FLY… Woman's WeeklyArticle
If Sheep COULD FLY…
Aug 3, 2022
6 min readFALSE IMPRESSIONS Part 3 Cricket Magazine Fiction and Non-Fiction Stories for Children and Young TeensArticle
FALSE IMPRESSIONS Part 3
Apr 1, 2020
10 min readMajor Long Talks to His Horse Guernica MagazineArticle
Major Long Talks to His Horse
Feb 20, 2019
6 min readGoodbye Gordon Man MagnumArticle
Goodbye Gordon
Jan 21, 2022
7 min readThe Periodic Stranger: When exile becomes home. NautilusArticle
The Periodic Stranger: When exile becomes home.
Dec 12, 2013
My roots are in a hilltop village west of Matera, where rabbit and boar run riot in the fields. Figs, apricots, and pears hang in heavy clusters, at eye-level and within easy reach. There, the local girls are famous for their calves, made firm and st
21 min readThe Periodic Stranger NautilusArticle
The Periodic Stranger
Mar 2, 2017
My roots are in a hilltop village west of Matera, where rabbit and boar run riot in the fields. Figs, apricots, and pears hang in heavy clusters, at eye-level and within easy reach. There, the local girls are famous for their calves, made firm and st
21 min readLife In The past Lane go: PlattelandArticle
Life In The past Lane
Aug 27, 2021
5 min readFour Poems The American Poetry ReviewArticle
Four Poems
Mar 1, 2024
I was trying to look a little less like myselfand more like other humans, humans who belonged, so I put on a skort.Purchased in another life, when I had a husband and wrote thank-you notes and held dinner parties,the skort even had its own little poc
6 min readHook, Line And Sinker Great WalksArticle
Hook, Line And Sinker
Oct 18, 2018
4 min read‘Don’t You Think This Is a Bit Silly?’ The AtlanticArticle
‘Don’t You Think This Is a Bit Silly?’
May 8, 2023
6 min readWatch Your Step Shooting GazetteArticle
Watch Your Step
Nov 19, 2020
5 min readColumn ZigzagArticle
Column
Feb 8, 2019
5 min readOne More Roar NZ HunterArticle
One More Roar
Apr 8, 2024
3 min readSandy Banks: What Martin Luther King Taught Me About 'Good Hair' And Black Pride Los Angeles TimesArticle
Sandy Banks: What Martin Luther King Taught Me About 'Good Hair' And Black Pride
Jan 18, 2022
2 min read
Reviews for A Dragon From the Desert
Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
4.5/5
2 ratings0 reviews