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Once There Were Heroes

A Time of Dragons, Book 1

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Once There Were Heroes

By: Philip C. Quaintrell
Narrated by: Steven Brand
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The Gods are dead. In their absence, there can be only chaos, only war. And they are not all that has faded from the world of Verda...

Once there were heroes. Brave men and women who showed their quality to be above the rest. Those whose deeds earned them the heart of a dragon. Those whose courage and strength resonated with the unborn, who, in their eggs, can wait thousands of years for a warrior worthy of them.

These heroes rose up on young battlefields and defended the weak and oppressed across all of Erador. They did so because they were inspired. They had only to look up and see.

Dragons Riders!

The last noble warriors in the realm. Only heroes can embolden the ordinary. For centuries, millennia, the Dragon Riders galvanized generation after generation, adding Riders to their ranks and birthing dragons from their eggs.

But there are no more heroes. War with the Andarens is like nothing the Riders, nor the armies of Erador, have ever faced. In the place of heroes, there are only soldiers now. Fodder for the machine of war.

This time of twilight is set to be the crowning hour of the dark when the light is losing its grip. There are those who have been waiting, biding their time in the shadows while the heroes of Verda die out. They worship something ancient, something forgotten by myth and legend, something evil.

It falls on a few to keep back that darkness. A few who must rise without inspiration and prove themselves worthy.

©2023 by Philip C. Quaintrell (P)2024 Podium Audio
Action & Adventure Dragons & Mythical Creatures Epic Epic Fantasy Fantasy Fiction Mythology Warrior Dragons War

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I really enjoyed the book. it's a good and gripping book. I would definitely recommend

worth listening to

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Quaintrell does it again, roll on the Summer so we can get the next stage of the journey!

Unbelievable

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great to go so far back in time from the place we first met this world, took quite a few chapters to get properly into the flow of it whilst reading but once there I loved it, especially the grarfath and yamnomora story

epic beginning for an epic tale

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just finished the first in a new series, and what a start,a prequel to the clash of fates series which was excellent this looks like being just as good great characters a story that keeps you listening very enjoyable.

New series of books great start

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Another banging instalment of the series. Can’t wait for the the next book. Might have to instantly reliâtes to this one!

Action packed.

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