For Eon, failure is not an option. His livelihood, and that of his master, depends on Eon’s ability to be chosen as a Dragoneye, an apprentice to one of the twelve energy dragons. Being chosen means great prestige; being rejected could mean death. For Eon is actually Eona. Women are forbidden to practice Dragon Magic…
Tag: first in a series
Review: The Future of Us
It’s 1996, and Emma has just gotten her first computer, as well as an America Online CD-ROM — a loaner from her neighbor and friend-since-childhood Josh. The two haven’t spent much time together recently, not since a misunderstanding a few months before. So Josh’s willingness to lend the CD-ROM feels a bit like a peace…
Review: Murder on the Eiffel Tower
1889 is an exciting time in Paris, not only because of the World Exposition, but also because of its centerpiece, the newly-constructed Eiffel Tower; thousands of people brave its dizzying heights in order to experience the modern marvel. But for one unlucky woman her trip up the Tower is her last. The police insist that…
Review: His Majesty’s Dragon
When the HMS Reliant captures a French ship in battle, they find in amongst its cargo something they never expected: a nearly-hatched dragon egg. Captain Will Laurence knows his ship won’t make it to port before the egg hatches — and an unharnessed dragon on a ship in the middle of the ocean could spell…
Top Ten Tuesday: Series I Need to Start
(Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme brought to you by The Broke and the Bookish.) I’ve been reading a lot of standalone books recently; but my TBR list has a handful of series that I really want to get to (you know, eventually). Here’s just a few of those. Chronicles of the Imaginarium Geographica…