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Of Dreams and Dragons

by
Karpov Kinrade

Genre:
YA Epic Fantasy

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From
USA Today bestselling author, Karpov Kinrade,

Of Dreams and Dragons begins

an incredible tale of magic and wonder and love.

For fans of Throneof Glass, Harry Potter,

and Game of Thrones,

experience a story of epic proportions.

The day darkness descends into my life begins like any other.

Taking care of the kids I call my own. Fighting fires in my
small Northern

California town. How could I have known evil walked my
streets and would soon rip apart my world?

But death comes for us all, and when a stranger with
mysterious abilities shows up demanding payment for
a promise I never made, I refuse. When he kidnaps my baby
sister, I fight back.

And I discover the power of the dragons within me.

Now, I must leave everything behind and travel to a world of
magic and wonder in order to train with a charismatic dragon
lord, in the hopes that one day…

I can save my sister.

Or make her killer pay with blood.

But nothing in this world is what it appears. And my closest
friends are keeping secrets from me.

Secrets that could tear the worlds apart.

"Absolutely amazing!" – Kayla
Erickson ★★★★★

"A book I would read again and again" –
Alyssa
Williams ★★★★★

"run out and grab a copy" -
Mindy S ★★★★★

"Karpov Kinrade's words are magic, painting a picture in
your mind that stays forever." -
Courtney Cole, New York Times bestselling author

Out of darkness was born the first dragon, Alandel, and she had nine

children. Nir and Gai, Ava and Inf, Heln and Spri, Var and Min and

Undi. When their mother died, the elder dragons divided her body

amongst themselves. Var took her flame. Min took her blood. Undi her

eyes, and Spri her wings. Inf took her scales and Gai her bones. Ava took

her heart and Heln her spirit. And last Nir took her mind. And with what

they took, each elder dragon formed a world for themselves, and so the

Nine Worlds were born.

Nir, however, was not content with simply land. Why have land but

no one to share it with, he asked? And so, using the last pieces of Alandel’s

mind, he created mankind. He treated them as his children, and taught

them how to master fire, how to tame water, how to grow crops and build

homes. Nir enjoyed people so much, he took their form often for himself,

and one day, even fell in love with a woman. They bore three children

together, the first High Dragons, blood of both dragon and man.

It was not long until the other elder dragons grew jealous of Nir and

his children. They too wanted the company of people, and so they

approached Nir, asking for people of their own. The elder dragon Nir said

he would let his children decide whether they wanted to live in other

worlds or not.

Gai, who had taken her mother’s bones, had built a large world full of

mountains and seas and rivers and lakes, and some people said they would

go to her world. Ava had built a world of flying islands and deep caves,

and some people too said they would go there to live. Other people

preferred other worlds. But Var had built a world of fire, and Min a world

of ice, and no people chose to join them there. The two elder dragons grew

furious. If they could not have mankind on their worlds, they said, then

they would take the other worlds for themselves. And so, a great war

began.

For millennium, the elder dragons battled each other, until it is said

only Nir, the smartest, and Var, the strongest, remained. The two were

equal on the field of battle, and so Nir devised a plan. We can continue for

another millennium, said Nir, and accomplish nothing, or we can divide

the worlds between us and have peace. But there are Nine Worlds, said

Var. How do we divide them fairly?

We split one world in half, said Nir, and each take one side.Var

agreed.

And so the elder dragons met on the world of Ava, and together they

prepared to cast a powerful spell to split the world in two. We stand on

different sides of this river, said Nir, for this river is in the middle of this

world, and this way it will be fair. Var agreed. And so they cast the spell.

A giant blade of light fell from the sky to tear the world in two, but it did

not fall upon the river, for you see, Nir had lied. The river did not split the

world in half, instead it was the field that Var now stood upon. And thus

the blade of light fell upon Var himself, tearing his body, instead of the

world, in two.

What Nir did not know however, was that Var was pregnant, and

when Var died, from his stomach spilled a thousand dragons. They spread

throughout the worlds, killing mankind and feeding off their Spirits. In

days, almost all the people were dead, and so Nir did the only thing he

could. He used all his strength to draw the dragons together and cast a

wall of light around them, cutting them off from Spirit and man. So

powerful was the spell, that Nir gave his own life to cast it. And so, the

final elder dragon died to save his children, and the age of the Ancients

ended. But some say Nir is not dead, just asleep, regaining his strength,

and when mankind needs him once more, the elder dragon will awaken.

***

Kaden pauses, letting his words sink in.

His mythology is so different from the ones I grew up hearing. It

reminds me of a children’s fable more than real history, and it would be

easy to call it trivial. But I’ve seen too much dismiss the fantastical

anymore. And I have a feeling I'm about to see a lot more.

Kaden stands and throws on his long black coat. “I can see the

questions in your eyes," he says, "but it is time. The stars are aligned.” He

holds out his hand to me, and I take it, and he guides me to a fountain

amidst the olive trees. The shallow water shimmers in the light, casting

our pale reflections back at us. Kaden pulls a coin from his pocket and

flips it in the fountain, and the surface of the waves changes. Where once

the water seemed shallow, it now seems of infinite depth. Where once it

seemed chaotic, it now seems as still as a mirror. And where once the stars

seemed but a reflection, they now seem to shine from beyond the waves.

“Are you ready?” asks Kaden.

I nod.

And together we jump into the fountain.

Karpov Kinrade is the pen name for the husband and wife
entertainment duo Lux and Dmytry Karpov-Kinrade, aka T
he KK Duo.

Together, they write award-winning, internationally and USAT
bestselling books, make music, create art, write screenplays
and direct -- all the things.

Look for more from Karpov Kinrade in the Vampire Girl
series, The Nightfall Chronicles and The Forbidden Trilogy.
If you’re looking for their suspense and romance titles, you’ll
find those under Alex Lux.

Check out their music by clicking on the Music tab.

They live in wine country California with their three offspring
who have crazy creative genius oozing out of them in the
form of music, art, performance, and all the things, and too
many cats who all think they rule the world (spoiler alert: they
do).