Dragonslayer (The Dragonslayer, #1)

by Duncan M Hamilton

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This is the perfect kind of book when your really wanting a story that goes back to stories you grew up with. One classic is the town that gets ravaged by dragon and a legendary hero is sent off to slay the dragon and maybe rescue a princess or some sort of treasure. The Dragonslayer gives us the perfect twist on this classic story. In this version our hero is a someone who comes from a long line of famous Dragonslayer but has never stayed one in his life. In fact he was disgraced and has lived the last years as the towns trunk to the point where someone else is even collecting the town taxes.

Another twist on this classic tale is the dragon itself Alpheratz i really felt for this dragon as he been asleep for a long time and some buffoon comes to his cave in search of a magic cup and wakes him up. When he is awoken he goes out in search of his dragon mate and find her and the eggs gone and destroyed by humans. So what does an angry dragon who lost his whole world do he takes it out on those he deems responsible.

Then enter our Dragonslayer who rescued a damsel in distress this time it a witch but Solene is a very enjoyable character who is strong, confident and has a power tool her magic to defend herself. Now our party has Gil, Solene and the rest of those charged with taking out this Dragonslayer. This story is enjoyable in that the characters play their parts to a tee and in the end their some secrets to be uncovered. This is the first book so i am eager to see what is to become of our dragon and wether Gil will really be forced to destroy him.