Skip to main content
book cover for The Drakon King

The Drakon King

You must sign in to see if this title is available for request. Sign In or Register Now

Send NetGalley books directly to your Kindle or Kindle app


1

To read on a Kindle or Kindle app, please add kindle@netgalley.com as an approved email address to receive files in your Amazon account. Click here for step-by-step instructions.

2

Also find your Kindle email address within your Amazon account, and enter it here.

Pub Date Nov 10 2026 | Archive Date Nov 10 2026


Description

Queer, Black, and sexy as hell, The Drakon King is romantasy at its best: A forbidden love story between princes in the court of a cruel king and an edge-of-your-seat tale of missing dragons, ruthless betrayals, and stolen hearts.

Two princes, born to a world at war.

Heir to a kingdom built on lies and stolen magic, Prince Reverie has one goal: avoid the crown. Raised by a cruel and violent king, Reverie’s real life begins after curfew—bottle service, masked revelries, and anonymous rooftop liaisons. But when his king plots to seize dwindling majikal resources from the Drakon King, Reverie hits his limit—he casts aside his royal obligations and gets the hell outta town.

Heir to a kingdom banished into the sky, Prince Xandreth has one goal: find a missing friend. His brother, the Drakon King, stubbornly refuses to acknowledge that their people keep going missing, so Xandreth takes it upon himself to hunt down answers.

A meeting that will change them both.

Having abandoned their kingdoms, both princes end up stranded in the dangerous and bewitching Wraithwood, and out of desperation, agree to help each other and then go their separate ways.

A love that will save their world.

But when a myth as old as the world—a bird on fire in the belly of a massive volcano—is whispered from Human lips to Drakon ears, Reverie and Xandreth are suddenly at the heart of a crisis so much bigger than a missing friend or even freedom.

If they can’t come together, the world itself may go up in flames.

Perfect for fans of Crescent City, When the Moon Hatched, The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms, Fourth Wing, and the world of Blade Runner.

The hardcover edition includes a gorgeous two-page world map.

Expect:
- Black mlm romance
- Dragons
- Forced proximity
- Rivals to lovers
- Cinnamon roll mmc
- Epic worldbuilding
- Powerful witches
- Mechs and magical tech

Queer, Black, and sexy as hell, The Drakon King is romantasy at its best: A forbidden love story between princes in the court of a cruel king and an edge-of-your-seat tale of missing dragons...


Advance Praise

"Sensational and cinematic. Terry J. Benton-Walker's creativity and skill is on display in this Adult fantasy debut that is clever and sexy, set in an sweeping world of dragons and tech and anchored by a memorable hero whose best trait is his gentle heart. This romantasy debut stands alongside the best of the genre." —Kamilah Cole, USA Today bestselling author of An Arcane Inheritance

"Sensational and cinematic. Terry J. Benton-Walker's creativity and skill is on display in this Adult fantasy debut that is clever and sexy, set in an sweeping world of dragons and tech and anchored...


Available Editions

EDITION Other Format
ISBN 9781250381774
PRICE $28.99 (USD)
PAGES 464

Available on NetGalley

NetGalley Reader (EPUB)
NetGalley Shelf App (EPUB)
Send to Kindle (EPUB)
Send to Kobo (EPUB)
Download (EPUB)

Average rating from 17 members


Featured Reviews

4 stars
4 stars
4 stars
4 stars
4 stars

Check your warnings! There are some decidedly darker elements and themes in this one. The world building is incredibly unique and the main characters flawed and relatable.

4 stars
4 stars
4 stars
4 stars
4 stars
Was this review helpful?
5 stars
5 stars
5 stars
5 stars
5 stars

What can I say except my mind is blown?

That's my reaction after every book by Terry J. Benton-Walker, but this Adult debut is elevated and unique and compulsively readable. Though it works as a perfect standalone, I would happily read ten more books in this detailed world, with its dragons and mages and humans, its lost gods and scheming rulers, its vices and its virtues. I'm forever impressed by how much charm and emotion this author can fit into each page.

Reverie's journey from an impulsive, selfish man who desires nothing but his freedom to an anxious but dependable man who seeks to break the chains that bind them all is so gorgeously rendered, and his romance with Xan was equal parts funny, sexy, and adorable. And that ending! I got shivers!

Basically, don't miss this one.

5 stars
5 stars
5 stars
5 stars
5 stars
Was this review helpful?

Readers who liked this book also liked: