A Darkness Forged in Fire, Chris Evans
A Darkness Forged in Fire, Chris Evans
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A Darkness Forged in Fire
Book One of the Iron Elves

Author: Chris Evans

Narrator: Michael Kramer

Unabridged: 15 hr 18 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 09/01/2008

Categories: Fiction, Fantasy, Epic


Synopsis

Konowa Swift Dragon, former commander of the Empire's elite Iron Elves, is looked upon as anything but ordinary. He has murdered a Viceroy, been court-martialed, seen his beloved regiment disbanded, and been banished in disgrace to the one place he despises the most—the forest.

Now all Konowa wants is to be left alone with his misery. But for him, nothing is ever that simple. The mysterious and alluring Visyna Tekoy, the highborn daughter of an elfkynan governor, seeks him out in the dangerous wild with a royal decree that he resume his commission as an officer in Her Majesty's Imperial Army, effective immediately. For in the east, a falling Red Star heralds the return of a magic long vanished from the earth. Rebellion grows within the Empire as a frantic race to reach the Star unfolds. It is a chance for Konowa to redeem himself—even if the entire affair appears doomed to be a suicide mission. And the soldiers recruited for the task are not at all what he expects. Worse, his key adversary in the perilous race for the Star is the dreaded Shadow Monarch—a legendary elf-witch whose machinations for absolute domination spread deeper than Konowa could ever imagine.

About Chris Evans

Chris Evans was born in Canada and now lives in New York City. He is a historian as well as an editor of military history and current affairs books. A Darkness Forged in Fire is his first novel.


Reviews

There are so many things wrong with this book that frankly I'm surprised I was able to finish it. I'll tell you from now, there was a lot of eye rolling on my part. 1. Some fantasy authors do a great job introducing the readers to a different world filled with magic and mythical beings. Evans does a......more

Goodreads review by Choko

*** 3.65 *** There is a real promise of a good storyteller here, but it being his first book, I can forgive many of the inconsistencies both in world building and language. I appreciate the different view of the magical creatures of legend and the idea of them moving to a different continent - From t......more

Goodreads review by Jim

This is a very creditable first novel & a good start to a trilogy. Interesting magic in lands peopled by all sorts of interesting critters including many varieties of dragons. Not all are huge monsters such as the skunk-dragon. The characters were good & memorable such as the main character, Konowa......more

Goodreads review by Shannon

In the far west of the Hyntaland, the land of Elves, lies a dark mountain covered in flesh-eating trees whose roots have burrowed deep into the rock. At the pinnacle rests a single sickly Wolf Oak, a corrupted tree that bonded with an Elf who has become as twisted as the tree: the Shadow Monarch. To......more