Fueled by Dragon's Fire

Written by N.M. Howell

Narrated by Carly Robins

The ancient dragonborn people have returned to Shaeyara, and with them came the dragons. But the celebration of their return is short-lived as they soon discover that they are not welcome. The world is at war.

After living underground for eight months, Andie and her followers have had enough. It is time to return to the surface to find her people, and together they must stop the lies and prove to the world who the true monsters are: The University that has had the world in its clutches for centuries.

The only problem is that those who survived from the University have already convinced the world of their evil and will stop at nothing to have them destroyed. But with the peace of their world at stake, Andie and the dragonborn must band together to reunite the war-ravaged world before it's too late.

Only, with a traitor in their midst, the task is proving more difficult than Andie could have ever thought.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Tantor Media, Inc
• Release date: Oct 17, 2017
• ISBN: 9781541476950

Reviews for Fueled by Dragon's Fire

[liscarey · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

In keeping with my usual happy disregard for order in series, this is #2, and I haven't read #1. Despite that, I was able to pick up enough of what happened previously to follow this story.

Andie (Andryne) is a young woman who is of both sorcerer and dragonborn blood, and has a unique set of abilities. Unfortunately, the dragonborn were nearly wiped out a thousand years ago, and Andie, with her mother dead and her father able to teach her only so much, went off to the University to get as much education as possible.

This lead, due to events in the previous installment, to her being on the scene to help pull the dragonborn and their dragons through the time rift they escaped into those thousand years ago, into the present. After a big battle with the sorcerers, the dragonborn and dragons fled to the mountains, and Andie and her friends and allies fled into the caverns beneath the University. Now they're coming out, and the battle will begin again.

What follows is intrigue, derring-do, adventure, and Andie's painful education in how to be a leader. The University Chancellor has his own evil, nefarious plans, and his own spies and agents inside Andie's friends and supporters. While Andie struggles to bring the dragonborn and the students and fighters who helped rescue them back together, the Chancellor is manipulating even the people who think they're his allies as he works to eliminate not just the dragonborn, but anyone who can challenge his power.

It's an interesting world, with sorcery, technology, and dragons all existing together, and Andie is a likable and suitably heroic young woman. In places it's a bit more tell than show, and in places it may be a bit too unsubtle for the intended young adult audience, but overall I found it very enjoyable.

Recommended.

I received a free electronic copy of this book and am reviewing it voluntarily.

[montzaleew · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Fueled by Dragon's Fire (Return of the Dragonborn, #2) by N.M. Howell is book two but could be read as a stand alone. It takes up where book one leaves off. Andie and her followers have now spent eight months in the tunnels of the University hiding from the corrupt and dangerous people that want to kill the dragonborn, which Andie is one of them. Andie and her friends make a daring escape and make it to the dragonborn land to find her people. Unfortunately there is a traitor or two on board and things go awry. Lots of excitement, action, danger, soul-searching, and fantasy. I was given this book to read and the review was voluntary.