The Dread Wyrm

Written by Miles Cameron

Narrated by Neil Dickson

SOME ARE BORN TO POWER
SOME SEIZE IT
AND SOME HAVE THE WISDOM NEVER TO WIELD IT

The Red Knight has stood against soldiers, against armies and against the might of an empire without flinching. He's fought on real and on magical battlefields alike, and now he's facing one of the greatest challenges yet.

A tournament.

A joyous spring event, the flower of the nobility will present arms and ride against each other for royal favour and acclaim. It's a political contest - and one which the Red Knight has the skill to win. But the stakes may be higher than he thinks. The court of Alba has been infiltrated by a dangerous faction of warlike knights, led by the greatest knight in the world: Jean de Vrailly - and the prize he's fighting for isn't royal favour, but the throne of Alba itself.

Where there is competition there is opportunity; the question is, will the Red Knight take it? Or will the creatures of the Wild seize their chance instead . . .

"A stirring, gritty and at times quite brutal epic fantasy" Tor.com

"This series promises to be the standout epic fantasy for the ages" Fantasy Book Critic

Read by Neil Dickson

(p) 2015 Hachette Audio

• Language: English
• Publisher: Hachette UK Audio
• Release date: Oct 22, 2015
• ISBN: 9781409162827

Miles Cameron

Miles: AuthorMiles Cameron was born in 1961 in a small town in southern Illinois.At age six months his parents moved to Madison Illinois. A small town inSouthern Illinois as well. His interest in writing materialized aroundthe age of 10. He would write short ghost stories for students in hisclass to read. Unfortunately one day his teacher caught a student passinga story to another student. The teacher snatched the paper and read thetitle and author.The teacher made it a point to embarrass Miles and he was told to notwrite any more stories. Fortunately he didn’t listen to her.He continued writing once he made it into junior high school but soonIt tapered off as his adolescent mind was starting focus more on theopposite sex.Once in college Miles took a few writing classes but decided tobecome a computer programmer instead.His interest in writing still continued and he decided to write hisfirst book. He began writing his first full length bookSpirit of Seductionin the year 2003. He finished around the year 2005 and thebook was published that year.In the last few years he has been working on turning Spirit ofSeduction into a screenplay. If you are a film producer interestedin reading the finished script please contact miles at [e-mail] his off again and on again attempts at a second book heis finally in the process of finishing it.The is a sick and twisted crime novel entitled "The Color of Murder".

Reviews for The Dread Wyrm

[jsburbidge · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

This is an effective third volume in the projected five of the Traitor Son Cycle. Cameron continues to juggle the threads effectively and opens up the scope of the world significantly in this novel while tying off a number of threads, some major, some minor, which had been developed through the first couple of books. There are now pointers to completely different levels of conflict and interaction, and some of the deep history of his world is beginning to show itself as well.As always (as befits a reenactor and an ex-military officer) Cameron's battle and armed combat scenes are convincing and realistic, and much of this book hovers on the edge of direct conflict even when it is not engaged in it, as the canvas is largely that of a developing civil war. However, his world is gritty without tipping over into being grim.The style is effective and under control, and Cameron provides for agency across a wide range of characters -- male, female, different ethnicities, human, nonhuman.All in all, an extremely worthwhile read, and I look forward to the next installment in the series.