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The Two Dragons – A Novel

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The Two Dragons is the final novel in the Steel Dragon Trilogy. It takes place five years after the events in The Sorceress’s Apprentice, and eight years after the events in The Steel Dragon. Here is a blurb for this book.

WAR IN A WORLD OF MAGIC!

Since its founding almost nine years ago, Port Dechantagne and the Brech Birmisia Colony have become a thriving dominion and a vital resource for the United Kingdom of Greater Brechalon. Seventeen year old sorceress Senta Bly, despite being surrounded by an aura of fear because of her awesome magical powers, is one of the prominent members of the colonial society. Now the colony and the rest of the world are threatened by war between Brechalon and Freedonia.

Senta and others must journey to distant Tsahloose, the city of the lizard king and home of the Dragon God Hissussisthis to find out if peace is still possible.

Meanwhile back in the colony, Governor Iolanthe Dechantagne, Mayor Zeah Korlann, and Police Inspector Saba Colbshallow struggle with the changing society brought on by massive waves of immigrants from Brechalon and refugees from Freedonia.

In this, the final volume in the story of a world not quite like our own Victorian era, Bessemer the Steel Dragon must decide whether his own destiny lies with the sorceress and the girl who raised him or as a god to the fierce lizardmen who dominate the continent of Mallon.

The Steel Dragon – A Novel

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The Steel Dragon is my new novel. I’ve already given a bit of information about the setting and the fact that it is the first part of a trilogy. Here is the relevant information about the plot.

IT IS A WORLD OF STEAM AND MAGIC!

Senta Bly is a nine year old orphan girl in the great city of Brech. Adopted by the mysterious sorceress Zurfina, she joins an expedition to colonize the distant and mysterious land of Birmisia. As she grows up in a strange country of dinosaurs and lizardmen, will she grow to understand her own power?

Join Senta and her companions.

Iolanthe Dechantagne: the scion of a once wealthy and prestigious family who hopes to restore their lost honor.

Terrence Dechantagne: Iolanthe’s older brother, troubled by a secret in his past and a dark addiction in the present.

Zeah Korlann: The Dechantagne butler who aspires to no more, but who has greatness thrust upon him, as well as the affections of a beautiful young woman.

Radley Staff: A navel officer with an appreciation for women, and one woman in particular.

And of course, the steel dragon.

The Steel Dragon is a novel of imperialism in a world much like our own Victorian era, with steam engines, rifles, long bustle dresses, and gas lights. But it is a world where magic and
dragons have not been forgotten, a world where dinosaurs roam and where wizards plot.

The Steel Dragon – Three Novels

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I wrote a three part 330,000 word manuscript that I called The Steel Dragon. Originally I thought of it as one big novel. Each of the three parts is a self contained story, though each of course is connected to the one before it. I named the three parts Expedition, Colony, and Dominion. There is a time difference of three to five years between each. My heroine is nine years old in part one, twelve in part two, and seventeen in part three. Once I had it complete, it seemed obvious that if I wanted it published, the book would have to become a trilogy. I needed names for the three volumes. The first was obvious– The Steel Dragon. I tried out several possibilities, and eventually came up with the other two titles– The Sorceress’s Apprentice, and The Two Dragons. The final title is both accurate, as there are two dragons in the story, and a nod to J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Two Towers.