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Path of Dragons 13 - Chapter 81 - Frustration

“What do you expect me to say?”

“I don’t know.”

“Why did you even tell me?”

“I…I thought you deserved honesty.”

Elijah sighed and shook his head.  �...

Path of Dragons 13 - Chapter 80 - Choosing Wisely

“I’m afraid to look.”

Jasai’i took Benedict’s hand, giving it a comforting squeeze.  “I was too.  It turned out well enough.”

“That was different,” Benedict ...

Path of Dragons 13 - Chapter 79 - The Undertaking

Elijah stood on the cliff overlooking the ocean, watching as the massive waves warred with one another for prominence.  It was like looking at a mountain range in motion.  From above desc...

Path of Dragons 3 Now Available on Kindle and Audible

I just wanted to make a quick post to announce that book three of Path of Dragons, called Shadow of the Hunter, is now available on Kindle and Audible (narrated by the always awesome Eric Jason Mar...

Path of Dragons 13 - Chapter 78 - The Crash

The weight of silence was crushing.

In the aftermath of Vhalor’s death, the world stood still.  Even rivers of corruption cutting through the sky seemed frozen in place.  And Elij...

Path of Dragons 13 - Chapter 77 - The Little Things

The ground shook with the force of each landed blow as a cloud of yellow spores surrounded the pair of titanic combatants.  For once, Elijah was shorter than his opponent, though not by as muc...

Path of Dragons 13 - Chapter 76 - Overwhelming

Elijah rushed in, narrowly avoiding the descending blade of Vhalor’s sword.  It skipped across his shoulder, carving a slice from his scales.  He grunted in acknowledgement of the pain ...

Path of Dragons 13 - Chapter 75 - False Emerald

Vhalor glanced at the fallen Marith before his eyes flicked toward Searathe.  Neither were dead, but they might as well have been.  From experience, Vhalor knew that it would take quite a...

Path of Dragons 13 - Chapter 74 - A Wasteland of Renewal

The world ignited as dense flames rolled across the land.  When that wave crested, another replaced it.  Then, another after that.  Nine separate pulses of fire, each one hot enough ...

Path of Dragons 13 - Chapter 73 - Snatched

Elijah’s talons ripped through a soldier’s throat, sending a spray of blood and bits of flesh into their closest ally’s eyes.  The woman reeled, but only long enough before Elijah kicked...

Path of Dragons 13 - Chapter 72 - The Devil Within

Green, silver, and gold armor glinted in the ambient light as column after column of disciplined soldiers descended the mountain.  They filled the pass, snaking along for nearly a mile. <...

Path of Dragons 13 - Chapter 71 - An Inevitable Clash

“We should just kill them all,” Benedict said, without a hint of emotion. 

“That will not solve anything!” insisted one of the M’yakein’s council members.  Elijah had ne...

Path of Dragons 13 - Chapter 70 - Insolence

A subtly sweet smell wafted through the thin slits in Obrahim’s helmet, tainted only by the metallic scent of the corrosive sea behind him.  He glanced up at the enormous monument of stone, ...

Path of Dragons 13 - Chapter 69 - The Rhythm of Life

Elijah rested his hand against Treebie’s trunk, the pulse of the tree’s spirit sending shockwaves through his soul.  He bore it with equanimity, having long since grown accustomed to the t...

Path of Dragons 13 - Chapter 68 - Unerring Pursuit

The waves of the Restless Sea crashed against the Edge of the World, spraying caustic mist across the barren terrain.  Above, rivers of violet corruption cut across the dark, featureless sky, ...

Path of Dragons 13 - Chapter 67 - Responsibility

Two insects, each about the size of Elijah’s fingernail, crawled across the stem of a plant.  They looked a little like ants, though they featured eight legs instead of six.  To accommo...

Path of Dragons 13 - Chapter 66 - Hope and Power

The first year was the most difficult, for the refugees as well as for Elijah.  His mood oscillated between gratitude for the end to his solitary existence and the anxiety that came from being...

Path of Dragons 13 - Chapter 65 - A Beautiful Thing

For Benedict and the others from Dravkein, the journey inland to Druhmor was long and time-consuming, but not nearly as difficult as they had probably expected.  Elijah chalked that up to the ...

Path of Dragons 13 - Chapter 64 - The Dragon has no Clothes

Quick Note - Uploaded the wrong version of the chapter. It should have been 19 years instead of 12 that Elijah's been gone. New version uploaded.

Gargantuan waves c...

Path of Dragons 13 - Chapter 63 - Life, With Every Breath

Elijah flew above Druhmor, enjoying the feel of the air passing through the branches of his wings.  As he did, he beheld the landscape he’d helped to create, and he couldn’t deny that it w...

Path of Dragons 13 - Chapter 62 - Pilgrimage

The wind howled across the landscape, whistling as it passed between the curiously shaped stand of tall pillars.  Each one was made of black, glass-like rock and reached hundreds of feet above...

Path of Dragons 13 - Chapter 61 - Misplaced Faith

Obrahim stood at the front of the column, righteous fury coursing through his body and mind.  Through his very soul.  The upstarts – the blasphemers and heretics – had resisted the wi...

Path of Dragons 13 - Chapter 60 - The Only Choice

Elijah glanced at the statues and asked, “Any input here?  Sage advice, maybe?  Carmen, you usually have plenty to say about how I make rash decisions without thinking them through.”<...

Path of Dragons 13 - Chapter 59 - Something Unexpected

Elijah fell to his knees, exhausted.  Despite that overwhelming sense of fatigue, he was filled with excited anticipation.  Because for the first time in longer than he cared to remember,...

Path of Dragons 13 - Chapter 58 - Sudden

Elijah glanced up, only to see Treebie’s limbs stretching far and wide.  The innumerable leaves glittered in the wind, casting the whole of Druhmor in starry illumination.  The plants b...

Path of Dragons 13 - Chapter 57 - Surroundings

“Happy birthday to Treebie,” Elijah sang, gesturing like the conductor of an orchestra.  “Happy birthday to you!”  He finished with a flourish, adding, “And many more!”

...

Path of Dragons 13 - Chapter 56 - Bursting at the Seams

Benedict nimbly stepped around the woman lying on the floor.  She stirred slightly, but she didn’t awaken.  Meanwhile, he pushed past her, then dodged another three prone figures before...

Path of Dragons 13 - Chapter 55 - Ecosystem

“How big do you think you’re going to get, Treebie?” Elijah asked.

The tree did not answer.  It never did.  Probably because it was a plant and incapable of speech.  But ...

Path of Dragons 13 - Chapter 54 - The Passage of Time

Gorveth shuddered with a dense blast of ethera that tore across Druhmor and out into the abyssal landscape of the excised world.  It wasn’t the first time Elijah had experienced such a pulse...

Path of Dragons 13 - Chapter 53 - Hero

For Christmas, I've decided to do double chapters until the end of the year. I hope you all enjoy it! Happy holidays, everyone!

A legion of black-a...