Dragon's Trail

Name: Dragon's Trail
Brand: Tantor Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Joseph Malik
ISBN: 9781977347879

Author: Joseph Malik

Series: Outworlders #1

Narrator: Troy Duran

Unabridged: 10 hr 44 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 04/09/2019

Categories: Fiction, Fantasy, Urban, Dragons

Synopsis

"I didn't come here to sell my soul. I came here to buy it back."

Once dubbed "The Deadliest Man Alive," Jarrod Torrealday is a former Olympic saber hopeful and medieval weapons expert banned from competition for killing another fencer in a duel. Despondent, volatile, alcoholic, yet still one of the greatest swordsmen alive, he now works for third-rate fantasy films as a technical consultant and stuntman.

When Jarrod accepts the gig of a lifetime from a sorcerer looking for a hero, he finds himself facing an invading army in a world inhabited by creatures from Earth's mythical past. He soon learns that the enemy mastermind is also from Earth, and has laid the foundations for a new kind of war.

Contains mature themes.

About Joseph Malik

In addition to fiction, Joseph Malik writes and lectures on advanced intelligence theory and asymmetric warfare for the U.S. military. He has worked as a stuntman, a high-rise window washer, a computational linguist, a touring rock musician, and a soldier in the United States Special Operations Command.

He has been a longtime panelist and demonstrator at sci-fi and fantasy conventions, speaking as an expert in swordsmanship, hand to hand combat, and military tactics and strategy. He has also lectured on fantasy writing and independent publishing at schools and colleges across the Northwest.

His first novel, Dragon's Trail, became a Kindle Top 100 Bestseller in four countries in 2017, reaching #1 in Epic Fantasy in the U.S., Australia, and Canada and #1 in Sword and Sorcery in the U.K., making him eligible for the 2019 John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer in Science Fiction and Fantasy-one of very few independent authors to ever qualify with a debut novel.

A veteran of Operation Enduring Freedom, Joseph Malik lives in the Pacific Northwest along with his wife and their two dogs, and serves in the U.S. Army Reserve. He is a member of SFWA.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Angel

A thoroughly entertaining read! Once a near celebrity between his skills in fencing competitions and the starlet he was dating, Jarrod's involvement in a duel left another man dead and his life in ruins. So when a sorcerer from another world drags Jarrod home with him and offers him and his friend jo......more

Goodreads review by Assaph

I came across Malik's work through one of his writer's columns which resonated with my experience, and grew very curious to see the results of Malik's efforts. I picked up Dragon's Trail at the soonest opportunity, and enjoyed it tremendously. What to Expect An epic fantasy story, wherein a modern-day......more

Goodreads review by Russell

A parallel world story more gritty than the usual fare that is very well written and entertaining throughout. Compared to most fantasy authors, Joseph Malik is very informed on fighting and medieval history; and it shows. While it doesn't reach the lengths of Tom Clancy-esque detailing, some readers......more