And that bone happens to be a dragon bone that our other main character, Malachus, needs because the magic holding his dragon-self inside this human form is quickly waning.Īction and romance ensue, well, they ensue extremely slowly over these 400 pages. Yet, when her uncle finds a bone that she can tell will bring nothing but pain to them, he refuses to listen. Oh friends, this was such a disappointment for me, especially after loving the first book in this series, Phoenix Unbound, so much! Dragon Unleashed does read as a stand alone, and in this world magic is outlawed! That is why it is so important for our main character, Halani, to hide that she has earth magic, especially since it helps her family who are traveling traders.

'What must it be like to be loved this way? So devotedly that the person you parted with cried at your absence before you even left?' As Malachus the hunter becomes the hunted, Halani must risk herself and all she loves to save him from the Empire's machinations and his own lethal birthright.ĪRC provided by DAW in exchange for an honest review. Unbeknownst to both, the Empire's twisted empress searches for a draga of her own, to capture and kill as a trophy. He has tracked it to a group of free traders, among them a grave-robbing earth witch who fascinates him as much as she frustrates him with her many secrets. The magic that has protected him will soon turn on him-unless he finds a key part of his heritage. Malachus is a draga living on borrowed time. Dragas still walk among the denizens of the Empire, disguised as humans.

When her uncle buys a mysterious artifact, a piece of bone belonging to a long-dead draga, Halani knows it's far more than what it seems.ĭragas haven't been seen for more than a century, and most believe them extinct. Born with the gift of earth magic, the free trader Halani keeps her dangerous secret closely guarded. Magic is outlawed in the Krael Empire and punishable by death.

Dragon Unleashed by Grace Draven