Wyvern's Plague
Annals of Dorohin
by A. K. Bryce
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Pub Date Apr 15 2024 | Archive Date May 14 2024
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Description
Ten clans live on the island nation of Dorohin, with the power to shapeshift into reptilian titans. The Dragon clan rules all, but the jealous Ryu clan seeks after the emperor's throne which was once rightfully theirs.
Caught in between them is Iris, an ordinary girl of a lesser clan. The Plague stole her mother from her, leaving her orphaned and homeless. However, in a moment of crisis, she discovers she is a half-Dragon shapeshifter known as a Wyvern. She is soon scooped up to become the heir of the childless Wyvern Lord Senbi, who defends the Dragon clan’s border.
Lord Senbi is under imminent threat from the zealous General Kenzo of the Ryu clan, and Iris is hardly welcome as an illegitimate child whose mother hails from lesser blood. To Iris, though, anything is better than a life on the streets. She will not only learn to master her Wyvern form, but she may turn out to be the missing piece needed to hold back the tide of war.
A coming of age fantasy story that will delight and thrill readers who enjoy dragons, but would like to see them in a whole new world.
Quick note: This version of the book has not had its final proofread, so you may catch an error here or there. Rest assured, it will be ironed out before the book's final release.
Advance Praise
An addictive introduction to a fantasy world that is hard to put down.
Wyvern's Plague by A.K. Bryce is a brilliant introduction to the island nation of Dorohin and the various reptilian shapeshifting clans that control its various cities and clans. Dorohin is home to many shapeshifters of different sizes, shapes, and varying attractiveness. Everything from majestic dragons to less savory flighted birds. However, Iris is not a shapeshifter; she's just a homeless thief, at least this is what she thinks, until a vicious attack forces a spirit deep inside of her to make itself known. Shapeshifting into a Wyvern, a dragon-like creature, Iris's life is turned upside down as a childless widowed Lord seeks her out to pose as his long-lost bastard daughter. With her mother's recent death, what does Irit have to lose? However, being a noble may be as difficult and deadly as living on the streets. Maybe more so, as Iris can no longer avoid being seen.
Wyvern's Plague by A.K. Bryce starts with a dramatic scene that sets the pace for the rest of the novel. Exciting ups keep you wanting to know what will happen next in the story. While calming, mellow scenes of Iris and her new friends and family keep you interested in the characters and their development. Intrigue, war, and amazing world-building wait behind every corner. Dorohin itself is almost as brilliant as the story of Wyvern's Plague. A.K. Bryce has given us a brilliant combination of classic mythological creatures and the author's own worldbuilding, leading to a wonderful combination of shapeshifting dragons, wyverns, cockatrices, and many more. All of these glorious beings are tied together by loyalty and hatred spanning generations of people. Wyvern's Plague is a story that I certainly intend to revisit, and I strongly suggest that fans of fantasy and dragons and their similar mythological kin take time to enjoy this complicated and beautiful world.
-Tawny Molina, Reedsy Discovery Reviews
Available Editions
| EDITION | Ebook |
| ISBN | 9798989852512 |
| PRICE | $4.99 (USD) |
| PAGES | 491 |
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Featured Reviews
Quinn 1, Reviewer
This is an inventive novel focussing on dragons and various derivations of dragons (eg wyverns, wyrms etc). There are various warring clans that threaten to tear the world apart between them ... and a wandering waif of an orphan is thrust right into the middle of it all. Iris is cast adrift in a world that she is unfamiliar with and you really feel as though you want to root for her. (I certainly was.) I liked both Iris and Kenzo. I'm sure this would be a hit with both the young adult audience and indeed anyone (like me!) who loves dragons. Great fun (and very inventive as already mentioned. It is nicely refreshing to see a novel that treads a different path from the norm.)
Vaidehi N, Reviewer
When I picked up this book, I did not realise that I was sitting up to be on a rollercoaster ride with so many adventures and highs and lows. I'm crazy picky when it comes to fantasy, I critique so hard that even the critics take notes. So obviously, when I started reading Wyvern's Plague, it was with heavy skepticism. Bless my stars that it turned out so much more than what I could've ever expected it to be.
The concept is extremely fresh and the book is very well written. The characters are captivating and powerful and nowhere do you feel like anyone lacks an ability to keep you interested. In fact as you near the end, you get so attached to each of these characters that you're a crying, sobbing, mess.
I do think that the storyline could do with a little more depth when it came to the Vas, Everett, Wakana and Kenzo angles. There were also a few tiny little parts here and there that I think needed refining.
However, I loved the book as a whole and would really like to read more of this type.
Another day where I'm grateful to discover a new author!
Kim H, Reviewer
This book is an adventurous fantasy read that has multiple derivations of dragons in it.
The book starts with Iris an homeless Orphan that gets caught stealing and all of a sudden becomes an heir to a kingdom.
She is thrust into a world where all of a sudden she has to fit into an expectation and ideal that is completely new to her.
You follow along her journey of growing into herself and handling the thread of a war on top of it all.
The world building is sometimes quite a lot, especially with all these different derivations of dragons. The author does include
drawings of them though at the end of most chapters which really helps!
Over all it was a really exciting read and i would recommend it to fans of Dragons.
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