Youngest of the influential Heartstriker clan, he’d much rather play online games than clan politics, prefers talking to fighting and is to the constant grief of the clan matriarch Bethesda, nice! This is why Julius finds himself sealed into his human form and exiled to the Detroit Free Zone, a spirit ruled city where dragons are outlawed, with one month to dragon-up or get eaten. In a late 21st century world where a meteor crash has reawakened all the old magics, some of the most powerful beings on the planet are the dragons, aloof, calculating and constantly engaged in a Machiavellian struggle for clan dominance. However, one of the many things I like about dragons is that they always go where they please and can turn up in unexpected places, so I was more than happy to just run along and see where the ride would take me. I was a wee bit surprised when I found out I was reading a hodgepodge urban fantasy/near future sf when I was expecting traditional high fantasy. I’m also keen on books with protagonists who are simply nice people trying their best, so the title and premise of this one grabbed my attention right away. As I have mentioned before, I am a bit of a dracophile (which really should be a word), that is to say, I love dragons.
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