A Time of Dragons
A Fantasy Series by Philip C. Quaintrell
Once There Were Heroes is the first book of the A Time of Dragons series
This series is for you if you're into...
- Earned dragon-rider bonds
- Ordinary people rising into legend
- Last-stand fantasy wars against world-ending evil
with Philip C. Quaintrell “ I let the characters make their choices and I simply follow through with the consequences. ”
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