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Defiant

Songs of Chaos, Book 3

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Defiant

By: Michael R. Miller
Narrated by: Peter Kenny
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The great powers are stirring, and Holt and Ash are ready to return to the fight.

A summons from the Life Elder sets them on a perilous mission, leading to steaming jungles and blistering islands where ancient secrets will challenge everything they know of magic and dragons.

Talia, the Red Queen, is beset on all sides by pirate raiders and marauding mercenaries. Empress Skadi has abandoned her, battling uprisings in her own lands. As the noose tightens on Feorlen, Talia faces a difficult choice: let her people suffer or turn her powers against mortal foes?

Osric Agravain has found hope with his newly bonded black dragon, but some wounds run deeper than flesh and bone. Along the Fallow Frontier, he seeks the inner peace that has long eluded him.

And within the sanctum at Falcaer, Paragon Adaskar is struggling to unite the fracturing riders. If he fails, ruinous chaos will break across the world.

For when Elders and Paragons quarrel, kingdoms will fall.

©2023 Michael R. Miller (P)2023 Michael R. Miller
Dragons & Mythical Creatures Epic Epic Fantasy Fantasy Fiction Sword & Sorcery Royalty Dragons
About the Creator - Michael R. Miller

About the Creator

Michael R. Miller: Hailing from the wet and wild west coast of Scotland, Michael enjoys writing stories as sweeping in scope as the ancient landscapes he grew up in. His writing is known for rich character arcs, tight pacing, and layered magic systems. Songs of Chaos is his love letter to the dragon rider sub-genre, drawing inspiration from the classics like Pern, Dragonlance, and Eragon and combining them with the harder magic systems of Branden Sanderson and Will Wight, creating an epic tale all ages can enjoy.
Michael is also ‘that guy’ who enjoys-well, enjoyed... -discussing the mad fan theories of Game of Thrones even more than the books or show, and knows more about World of Warcraft than is probably healthy.

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great character development

I always love dragon tales. this one is well built and the bonds between dragon and rider well developed and explained.
excellent series, 5 stars for everything, definitely will be looking out for books 4 and 5 in the coming years.
highly recommended

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A great

I don’t know what to say but l love this series it’s well written and has a great narration give it a try

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Superb fantasy book

My favourite aspect of this series is how not everything goes right every time. Sometime sis does, sometimes it doesn’t, just like in real life. It makes the story hard to predict and thoroughly entertaining!

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Absolutely loved it!

can't wait for the next book, enjoyed the series so much I got the dragons blade trilogy to read next!

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Awesome

Another great book can not wait for the next, as the character list grows and declines it is a little hard to keep track but you always pick up more reading/listening more than once (this collection is worth reading again)

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Obsessed

Things are looking grim. The threat of Thrall and how much worse he can get... His new drakes and their powers... The loss of some characters... Things are grim indeed. In love with Ozrik and Soot. Give me more!
I was so sad to finish it knowing there would be some wait for the next in the series. Time to start again!

If you are a fan of dragons, fantasy, heroes, politics, magic... This is for you. It's not as serious as dragon blade trilogy, another great series but I personally prefer this one.

Peter Kenny is an amazing narrator for this series. So many accents to do and he nailed them all.

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Fantastic expansion of a beautiful world

Defiant is a brilliant expansion of the world we have been experiencing through the first 2 books. It opens up the series to new magic's and expands the audiences understanding of bonds, dragons, Elders, and Paragons.

Holt and Ash's story progresses fantastically as they gain greater insight into what he will need to advance towards Lord. As he tries to complete his mission for the Life Elder and support his friends, Holt starts to try and look inward to follow Rake's advice to expand his soul.

Talia's story is a measure of character under pressure. Talia tries to hold her kingdom together while finding ways to strike at the scurge. Surrounded by enemies and allies unable to help, Talia must find a way to hold everything together.

Osric's story is an exploration of his character and how people's trauma can lead them down dark paths and how to try and redeem themselves from it. Osric needs to protect his new dragon by getting stronger, but first, they have to find a way to heal Osric's soul so that Osric and his dragon can build their bond.

Adaska appears as a new character, giving new insight into the relationships between the Paragons, the order, the wild flights, and the wider politics of the world. It is a brilliant and necessary insight into the centre of the order of dragon riders.

With Defiant's expansion of the lore, learning more about the Paragons, Elders, magic, bonds, and rich characters. It is a book that had me struggling to put it down from the start to the brilliant finish.

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Love this series

Great book, great author!! Well worth a read! Can't wait for the next two books!!! ❤️

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the story

great story, can't wait for the next books. rake is always a funny guy

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Loving this series!!

This was an amazing book as the adventure continues in book 3 cannot wait for book 4 and 5 to come out!!

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