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wardingsong · 3 months

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Since it’s the Year of the Dragon (woo!), and I’ve written a book with dragons (double woo!), I’m going to be reading/rereading my books with dragons and doing reviews of them here on Tumblr. The first dragon related book I read this year was ‘To Shape A Dragon’s Breath’ by Moniquill Blackgoose. If I had a penny for every book/series I’ve read that included dragons and was set in a colonial era, I’d have three pennies (four if you count my own book.) Which isn’t a lot but it’s weird that it’s happened so many times 😅.

Spoiler review below the cut:

‘To Shape A Dragon’s Breath’ is set in an alternate history of Earth, and is about a young indigenous woman named Anequs who is chosen by a newly hatched dragon, Kasaqua, to be her companion. When the colonials learn a native has acquired a dragon, they insist that Anequs has to attend a ‘proper’ colonist dragonriding academy. She then has to navigate prejudices, from outright racism towards indigenous culture to ‘well-meaning’ attempts to ‘civilise’ her, in order to both help her people and protect her dragon.

The downside to books set in a colonial era is that the historically accurate casual racism, sexism, slavery, homophobia etc can drive you into fits of indignant rage (or, maybe that’s just me 😅.) I loved this book, even if I did spend a lot of it mentally yelling at certain characters, “leave their indigenous culture alone you parasitic leeches!” One of my parameters for a good book is how much it makes me wish I could enter that world, even if it’s to whack the antagonists over the head with a hammer, and give the protagonists a hug.

One of my favourite characters, apart from Anequs, is Sander. He’s coded as autistic, and again, I had that bizarre feeling of both admiring his portrayal and being indignant at his treatment. Sander deserves better.

One of my favourite aspects of the world-building is that alchemy, or skiltakraft, can be used to make what the dragons breathe do more than just burn stuff. It’s a really cool and unique idea. I was really excited when Anequs realised that her people’s traditional dances would actually look like special alchemical diagrams, or skiltas, when seen from above, by a dragon. It’s a great link between the past and the present.

If you’ve read ‘TSADB’, and if you’ve made it this far the answer is probably yes, then you might like a new novel, Warding Song. It’s set in a fictional Caribbean-like archipelago and it’s about a pirate’s daughter and a doubt-ridden dragon who team up to outrun the law, escape their would be killers, and find a mysterious hoard of treasure. It’s got talking dragons, pirates, protags on the run, vengeance, mysteries and more.

Please consider visiting @wardingsong to learn more and subscribing to our Substack and/or Tumblr.

#to shape a dragon's breath #bookblr #book review #books with dragons #dragons #warding song #fantasy

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panevanbuckley · 2 months

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not the sort of thing i usually post but my friend has just finished a book and it's finally available for pre-order (ebook for now, physical copies hopefully soon) and it would mean the world to her if you'd buy a copy! if you love fantasy books i highly recommend this, and it's only £1.99! 💜

#pls boost this if you could! she's so excited about this release and it'd be great to spread the awareness of it!#warding song #books #booklr #writing #fantasy

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10blue10 · 3 months

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Hey surprise me and a friend have written a full length original novel! If you like dragons, pirates, my Heart Bind Saga HTTYD fanfiction series, Pirates of the Caribbean or all of the above, you’ll like this XD.

So yeah if you guys could follow my new side blog that’d be swell. I’m still trying to work out how to make the posts appear in chronological order so please bear with me. Does anyone know how to edit urls?

@chaifootsteps @nocturnasnadderaneas @nartml @xavmaldonian

@thecosmicmap @arourallisreborn @wardenaristraith @nightfury-2001

Don’t mind me just tagging all the blogs I know really like dragons.

#warding song #New book #bookblr #pirates #dragons #pirates of the caribbean

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shu-bullshit · 7 months

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"My head's been wet with the midnight dew

I've been down on bended knee

Talkin' to the Man from Galilee

He spoke to me in the voice so sweet

I thought I heard the shuffle of angel's feet

He called my name and my heart stood still

When he said,

'John, go do my will!'"

#This song is perfect. I wonder if anyone else thought about this too.#Did a drawing for it years ago now another. Oh yeah #Unfortunately you're not gonna see naked John from me yet this is just our comrade John #my art #faith game #faith the unholy trinity #john ward #faith john ward #cw: gore

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zzoupz · 5 days

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Love me, love me, love me, love me more Than you possibly can It's not that complicated, no matter what they say You'll never meet another me

#that song is so them. trust #not that proud of this but skdsnds whatever.. im gonna go. sleep #faith the unholy trinity #faith game #gary miller #john ward #garyjohn #zoup art

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drawinglinestoconstellations · 4 months

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Wishing you all a most lovely holiday season with this Christmas piece I had the absolute pleasure of doing for Paweł Sasko! ❤️✨

#Cyberpunk 2077 #Johnny Silverhand #Jackie Welles #Solomon Reed #Kerry Eurodyne #Songbird #Song So Mi #Kurt Hansen #Panam Palmer #River Ward #Goro Takemura #Male V #Fem V #Judy Alvarez #drawing

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kdval · 2 months

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Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty

› Faces of Night City [11/?]

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murmel-malt · 11 months

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a little Catelyn Tully as warm-up 🐟❤️💙

#my art #asoiaf #a song of ice and fire #asoiaf fanart #a song of ice and fire fanart #catelyn tully #catelyn stark #house stark #house tully #valyrianscrolls #daughter of rivers #mother of wolves #praying that drawing one of my favorite asoiaf redheads will ward of the artblock 🙏🏻

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ryujin181 · 8 months

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"Name one hero who was happy"

"I can't"

#jujutsu kaisen #jjk #gojo saturo #satosugu #geto suguru #web weaving #IM SORRY OKAY #I HAD TO I SWEAR I WAS CRYING THE WHOLE TIME TOO #song of achilles #jjk spoilers #ON MY WAY TO THE PSYCH WARD GUYS HAHA!

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ghost-symphony · 2 months

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Dependent on Mary

watercolor on paper

#this isn't super related to faith #but it's close enough I guess #(the title is a song name)#artists on tumblr #traditional art #faith the unholy trinity #john ward #faith game #faith fanart #traditional painting #traditional fanart

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wardingsong · 3 months

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WELCOME TO WARDING SONG!

Do you like books about dragons? Do you like books about pirates? Do you like books about both? Then do I have the book for you!

‘A pirate’s daughter and a doubt-ridden dragon must team up to outrun the law, escape their would-be killers, and find a mysterious hoard of treasure. These islands are dangerous, even for a dragon.’

Me and my friend/co-author have been working on this since 2019/2020 and we are so proud of it! This is our first full length novel, and we hope it will be the start of a new fantasy series, which we are calling ‘Ocean of the Sky.’ If you’re a fan of book series like Marie Brennans ‘A Natural History of Dragons’ or Naomi Noviks ‘His Majesty’s Dragon’, we think you’ll love this new dragon filled series.

The ebook of Warding Song is due to launch on 22nd March 2024!

We have a website! https://www.oceanofthesky.com It’s got all of the lore and world-building we don’t go into detail about in the book, and whenever we develop the series, more details will be added to it!

We’re also on Substack! If you want to be amongst the first to get updates on the preludes or would like to comment and share them in places other than here on tumblr, consider subscribing for free at

https://oceanofthesky.substack.com

“I regret to inform you that despite apprehending the dragon-riding criminal…the dragon itself evaded capture. It attacked the fort in which the prisoner was being held. She escaped her bonds and reunited with the dragon. Their current whereabouts are unknown.”