Dréoteth [Kindle Edition]

Danielle Bourdon (Author)

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Product Description

Born a dragon, masquerading as a man.

It was a time known as the dark ages. Cursed from birth with the ability to take the shape of a human, Dréoteth walks among the citizens of Malmsbury as one of them. He learns to subdue his instinct to kill when he acquires something he's never had: a friend.

Is this the dawn of enlightenment, or will dragons and humans be drawn back into battles of blood and flame? Faced with an unexpected decision between his kind and men, Dréoteth makes a choice that changes his life forever.

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Suitable for readers 15 +.

About the Author

Danielle Bourdon was born and raised in Corona, California. She started her first novel at age 11, on an airplane flight from CA to TX, but never finished it. Her love of books and writing led her to start several other novels later in life, all of which wound up in a drawer or lost in hard drive crashes. Dréoteth was written during an exhaustive but exciting National Novel Writing Month exercise, which she completed, and has now become a full-fledged book. It is her first published novel. Her next book, Bound by Blood, is tentatively scheduled for release September 1, 2010. Danielle lives in Texas with her husband, two sons, and their black cat Sheba.

Product Details

• Format: Kindle Edition
• File Size: 410 KB
• Publisher: Wildbloom Press; 1 edition (June 5, 2010)
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services
• Language: English
• ASIN: B003PPDHWA
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• Lending: Enabled
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #87,889 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

More About the Author

Born and raised in Corona California, Danielle Bourdon has been dreaming up stories since she was 11. Her first two novels, Dréoteth and Bound by Blood, were published in 2010. The first novel in her Daughters of Eve Series, Sin and Sacrifice, was published in June, 2011. Templar's Creed, book #2, is due in Sept. 2011 and the final book, The Seven Seals, is due in Oct. 2011.

Her love of the thriller and horror genre prompted her to write a collection of short horror stories titled Cemetery Psalms and a Zombie Kids short story series, both available in January, 2011.

Danielle lives in Texas with her husband, two sons and black cat Sheba.

Visit her website for updates and contests: www.daniellebourdon.com

Contact her via email at: [e-mail]

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Customer Reviews

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Interesting and engaging dragon story, August 16, 2010

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B. Tackitt (Granbury, Tx USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dréoteth (Kindle Edition)

I really enjoyed this story. I liked Dreoteth's curiosity about humanity, his envy of the creative process, and his bafflement over his own actions sometimes.

While I like the cover art, if the title had not said to my brain "this may be about a dragon", I would not have known from the cover.
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Kindle edition comment: When I first downloaded this to my Kindle, there were some formatting issues, I contacted Ms. Bourdon, and she has since corrected them. The story was MORE than good enough to keep me engaged even with the formatting issues.

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Edit to add... Since I purchased this book, the cover has been changed to reflect the inside story more. I did like the lone tree look though.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A beautiful telling of an ageless legend., October 26, 2010

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Joel Kirkpatrick (Colorado, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dréoteth (Kindle Edition)

'Dréoteth', a Danielle Bourdon book, is a striking blend of familiar lore, obscure legend. Her blending of those elements and her imagination has brought an entirely new creature to me, out of shadows I had not seen. And she doesn't play with mere conflicts of good and evil to do it. We instantly learn, from her characters own lips; this is about predator and prey.

Humans have been prey to so many literary ghouls; it would seem a daunting task to weave a different thread into our nightmares. Danielle does it, without effort, by twisting the legends we have heard about dragons, and adding new facts to the lore. She tells us how they were made, and how they make themselves. I was left speechless at her imagination. When Saint George slew his dragon, we thought he slew a mindless beast. We, and he, have only been half right.

This isn't a sudden creation by this author; she has nurtured this character. He's watched from her shadows for many years. Danielle writes beautifully, bringing him to life for us. She can take you instantly where she wants you to be. Yet, it's hardly anywhere safe at all. Not in this world, not next to Dréoteth. He is her creation, but she simply unleashed him and he seems to do only as he pleases. Ruin...destruction; those would please him. There is no moral in the story, there is only need - and choice. That latter characteristic is his key to haunting us.

There is no timeframe to place this tale; pick a favorite century. That lends to the distractions and the beauty. This could be anytime, anywhere, as a clever author, Danielle has removed the hints that might guide us. It also seems there is little one can do to make a dragon romantic, however romanticized they have been in earlier fiction. Danielle is able to do it, without placing a single thought of love within him, and he is still as genteel as he is deadly. Ms. Bourdon balances those opposites with tremendous grace, and Dréoteth surprises me in every way possible.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Suspensful and Unique!, August 4, 2010

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wildrose - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Dréoteth (Paperback)

I thought the characters were very well described in this book and was suprised how easily one chapter lead into another without leaving me with the feeling that I had missed something important.

If you like suspense, drama and a uniquely written fantasy adventure, this book will keep you on the edge of your seat and will be very hard to put down.

I usually don't read this type of book but it has enlightened my curiosity and I would most likely choose something in the same genre again. Hopefully this author will have another book out very soon.

Wildrose.