Chapter One: Wings Of Fate (The Dragon Prophecy, Book 3)

[merlinscribe]

Follow the link below to see the first chapter of the next Dragon Prophecy book. As always, the spoiler-averse should be aware--it may spoil both previous books and the current one.

The chapter is first draft, unedited, and still pretty rough. merlinscribe_library is a read only journal: comments should go here.

I hope you enjoy it. I will be posting more in the coming weeks.

https://merlinscribe-library.dreamwidth.org/590.html

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

I like how you've caught us up with all but one of the main factions in the very first chapter, and at least now we know what Vielle has been doing for the last 10 years. Thanks for allowing us to dispense with that cliffhanger! I also thought this period was probably when/how the high-house elves learned to live in harmony with nature, and now that's been addressed.

Makes one wonder, though, why the Endarkened haven't bothered with the Astromancer and his crew, especially since they've apparently eliminated all the other isolated holdings. I'm thinking maybe Virulion is aware of the Astromancer in the same way he was aware of Ivrulion, and for reasons of his own is letting that play out and/or providing subtle encouragement. Or maybe he thinks it would be fun to see what those three factions do to eliminate themselves, and then he can just swoop in and pick off the leavings.

Looking forward to the rest of your first 100 pages!

Terry

[(Anonymous)]

I think the Endarkened are moving from west to east. So they haven't decided to go for the West yet.

It will be interesting.

[merlinscribe]

Thank you! I don't tend to write "in chapters", so after I've written a long section I tend to go back and look for natural breaks at appropriate interludes. This means I will probably be posting a slightly different version of Ch. 1 when I put up Chapter 2.

Right now I am working on a section about the Endarkened, which always makes me feel like I should shower afterward somehow. They are not nice people.

As for why the Endarkened are making such a dog's breakfast of this "Annihilation of all Life" stuff...

1. Yes, they are working East to West, and...

2. ...there is all kinds of internal factionalism going on within the Endarkened ranks, as the Born quite reasonably feel that when the Red Harvest is over some Endarkened may be more privileged than others. They don't object to that of course...they just want the privileged ones to be THEM.

[merlinscribe]

Dear Terry: I hope the pages did not disappoint.

The Endarkened would be a lot better at this stuff if (a) they weren't quite so s/t/u/p/i/d/ hidebound in their ways of thinking, and (b) if they weren't engaged in murderous infighting. It should be very interesting to see what happens...