[accordion id="dbf3cef797fd9f8b3f6a739021bce2b4" tabs="‹º›{‹²›tab_title‹²›:‹²›The Story‹²›,‹²›tab_content‹²›:‹²›‹¨›p‹˜›After years apart, two friends meet again. When they stumble upon a wandering dragon unfamiliar with the Cadore Range and its society, guiding it through their world produces questions they never asked.‹¨›/p‹˜›‹¨›p‹˜›The answers challenge their past choices.‹¨›/p‹˜›‹¨›p‹˜›Will they choose honesty or keep hiding behind honor and self-sacrifice?‹¨›/p‹˜›‹²›},{‹²›tab_title‹²›:‹²›The Characters‹²›,‹²›tab_content‹²›:‹²›‹¨›p‹˜›Liesel Bekiner: secure in her wandering lifestyle.‹¨›/p‹˜›‹¨›p‹˜›Aiden Stark: untroubled by demanding friendships and comfortable being alone.‹¨›/p‹˜›‹¨›p‹˜›Their meeting sets them on a path neither imagined possible. Will habit and mistaken self-sacrifice split them apart again.‹¨›/p‹˜›‹¨›p‹˜›Or will the dragon they meet force them to face the lies that convinced them their dreams were impossible?‹¨›/p‹˜›‹²›},{‹²›tab_title‹²›:‹²›The World‹²›,‹²›tab_content‹²›:‹²›‹¨›p‹˜›The Cadore Range is home to eight human kingdoms. They are each unique, having different ruling styles, and separated along the range. Some have long histories of interactions while others maintain their isolation.‹¨›/p‹˜›‹¨›p‹˜›Solstice dragons live in the mountains of the range. They are intelligent and maintain peace with the humans due to a long-standing agreement known as The Bargain to the dragons and The Don‹³›t Eat Humans Clause to the human populations.‹¨›/p‹˜›‹²›}‹¹›" hide_on_desktop="false" hide_on_mobile="false" animation_on_scroll="{‹²›animation_enable‹²›:‹²›no‹²›,‹²›yes‹²›:{‹²›animation_type‹²›:‹²›fadeIn‹²›,‹²›animation_delay‹²›:‹²›0‹²›}}" _array_keys="{‹²›tabs‹²›:‹²›tabs‹²›,‹²›animation_on_scroll‹²›:‹²›animation_on_scroll‹²›}" _fw_coder="aggressive" __fw_editor_shortcodes_id="5991757081d1b64586bb14aad9d21b40"][/accordion] 

The post No Such Thing as an Impartial Dragon first appeared on L. Darby Gibbs ~ Author.

[accordion id="dbf3cef797fd9f8b3f6a739021bce2b4" tabs="‹º›{‹²›tab_title‹²›:‹²›The Story‹²›,‹²›tab_content‹²›:‹²›‹¨›p‹˜›A mission where opposing goals might just be the only way to succeed.‹¨›/p‹˜›‹²›},{‹²›tab_title‹²›:‹²›The Characters‹²›,‹²›tab_content‹²›:‹²›‹¨›p‹˜›Dervy Kettel: the youngest dragon rider from the first flight to bond with dragons. She is determined to prove she has what it takes.‹¨›/p‹˜›‹¨›p‹˜›Chakston Ward: the sisters he‹³›s been protecting for years are grown enough to manage on their own. Becoming a dragon rider keeps him battling the ogres that still endanger them. Among strangers, can he stop being a big brother and learn how to be a partner?‹¨›/p‹˜›‹²›},{‹²›tab_title‹²›:‹²›The World‹²›,‹²›tab_content‹²›:‹²›‹¨›p‹˜›The kingdom‹³›s survival grows dire when ogres use dragons to terrorize the kingdom, stealing cattle ‹¯›amp; children alike. Everything is meat to an ogre. In a land torn by war and bound by duty, can love survive?‹¨›/p‹˜›‹²›}‹¹›" hide_on_desktop="false" hide_on_mobile="false" animation_on_scroll="{‹²›animation_enable‹²›:‹²›no‹²›,‹²›yes‹²›:{‹²›animation_type‹²›:‹²›fadeIn‹²›,‹²›animation_delay‹²›:‹²›0‹²›}}" __fw_editor_shortcodes_id="5991757081d1b64586bb14aad9d21b40" _array_keys="{‹²›tabs‹²›:‹²›tabs‹²›,‹²›animation_on_scroll‹²›:‹²›animation_on_scroll‹²›}" _fw_coder="aggressive"][/accordion][text_block id="968af77979531036c4a57f0146e45ee6" text="‹¨›p‹˜›‹º›progressbar heading‹´›‹²›‹²› wip_title‹´›‹²›Bound by Wing‹²› unit_of_measure‹´›‹²›pages‹²› your_goal‹´›‹²›290‹²› current_score‹´›‹²›48‹²› progress_bar_color‹´›‹²›green‹²› progress_bar_border‹´›‹²›black‹²› candy_stripe_options‹´›‹²›none‹²› progress_bar_height‹´›‹²›10‹²› progress_bar_media‹´›‹²›‹²› font_color‹´›‹²›‹²› more_information‹´›‹²›‹²› include_hyperlink‹´›‹²›yes‹²› hyperlink_text‹´›‹²›Preorder Now!‹²› hyperlink‹´›‹²›https://books2read.com/u/3GNP2Q‹²› include_own_progress_bar‹´›‹²›‹²›‹¹›‹¨›/p‹˜›" hide_on_desktop="false" hide_on_mobile="false" animation_on_scroll="{‹²›animation_enable‹²›:‹²›no‹²›,‹²›yes‹²›:{‹²›animation_type‹²›:‹²›fadeIn‹²›,‹²›animation_delay‹²›:‹²›0‹²›}}" _array_keys="{‹²›animation_on_scroll‹²›:‹²›animation_on_scroll‹²›}" _fw_coder="aggressive" __fw_editor_shortcodes_id="65529d33d68d8b47ce2f79302c34a730"][/text_block]

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[accordion id="9cd22de7f9159ae355761a4cfe6b978e" tabs="‹º›{‹²›tab_title‹²›:‹²›The Story‹²›,‹²›tab_content‹²›:‹²›‹¨›p‹˜›Lottie has been in Winsome Woods for the past ten years, assuming ten double cycles of two seasons equals a year. She‹³›s learned many spells but has reached the limit of what the Winsome tree can teach her. Nothing she‹³›s learned so far offers an escape. Surely, someone beyond the arrival stone is looking for her.‹¨›/p‹˜›‹²›},{‹²›tab_title‹²›:‹²›The Characters‹²›,‹²›tab_content‹²›:‹²›‹¨›p‹˜›Lottie: a witch who‹³›s been trapped in Winsome Wood since she was ten years old.‹¨›/p‹˜›‹¨›p‹˜›Jag: the most recent arrival in Winsome Wood. He didn‹³›t know the spell that would let him out of the arrival stone enclosure in time to avoid the automated spell his arrival triggered. Now he is stuck there as well.‹¨›/p‹˜›‹²›},{‹²›tab_title‹²›:‹²›The World‹²›,‹²›tab_content‹²›:‹²›‹¨›p‹˜›Winsome Woods supplies everything its inhabitants need. That‹³›s fine if you like to be alone, are comfortable with one hectare of space, land limited to a few animals and one human, and don‹³›t mind the memories from before your arrival being a blank.‹¨›/p‹˜›‹²›}‹¹›" hide_on_desktop="false" hide_on_mobile="false" animation_on_scroll="{‹²›animation_enable‹²›:‹²›no‹²›,‹²›yes‹²›:{‹²›animation_type‹²›:‹²›fadeIn‹²›,‹²›animation_delay‹²›:‹²›0‹²›}}" __fw_editor_shortcodes_id="5f708cae4807a8bda33a274ff70783ab" _array_keys="{‹²›tabs‹²›:‹²›tabs‹²›,‹²›animation_on_scroll‹²›:‹²›animation_on_scroll‹²›}" _fw_coder="aggressive"][/accordion]

The post Under Winsome Magic first appeared on L. Darby Gibbs ~ Author.

[accordion id="3d9a7f0b660f30cb8895d7baefcac385" tabs="‹º›{‹²›tab_title‹²›:‹²›The Story‹²›,‹²›tab_content‹²›:‹²›‹¨›p‹˜›The Void is breaking down.‹¨›/p‹˜›‹¨›p‹˜›Grand Lynkyns are uniting, but there isn‹³›t enough to support all the dragons in the Void.‹¨›/p‹˜›‹¨›p‹˜›The schoolmaster of Wisery Towers is on the march with weapons designed to rip power from melders and dragons.‹¨›/p‹˜›‹¨›p‹˜›One warrior may be the key. Or one more Grand Lynkyn. Or fewer dragons.‹¨›/p‹˜›‹¨›p‹˜›Trapped by twisted Lynkyn magic, Zyla must survive long enough for the key to turn.‹¨›/p‹˜›‹²›},{‹²›tab_title‹²›:‹²›The Characters‹²›,‹²›tab_content‹²›:‹²›‹¨›p‹˜›Zyla Powerbane, Seguin Duon, Madras Raeven, Thaddeus‹¨›/p‹˜›‹¨›p‹˜›Captain Spear: a melder hiding in plain sight, he keeps his identity hidden while hiring himself out as a mercenary soldier.‹¨›/p‹˜›‹¨›p‹˜›Dragons ‹¯›amp; Grand Lynkyns‹¨›/p‹˜›‹²›},{‹²›tab_title‹²›:‹²›The World‹²›,‹²›tab_content‹²›:‹²›‹¨›p‹˜›The world of Rigaria contains the non-magical, magic casters, and magic melders. It is ruled by a class of casters. Rigaria has been losing magic over the years and has reached a point of destabilization. Some believe this could have been prevented; even more hold the melders responsible.‹¨›/p‹˜›‹¨›p‹˜›When a melder child is identified, the child‹³›s magic is bound as it is believed melders go mad and burn anything and anyone close to them.‹¨›/p‹˜›‹¨›p‹˜›Are melders as lethal as the Caster Council asserts? Do Lynkyn Forests only exist in fairytale imaginings? Can melders create dragons out of thin air? Who will defy the status quo?‹¨›/p‹˜›‹²›}‹¹›" hide_on_desktop="false" hide_on_mobile="false" animation_on_scroll="{‹²›animation_enable‹²›:‹²›no‹²›,‹²›yes‹²›:{‹²›animation_type‹²›:‹²›fadeIn‹²›,‹²›animation_delay‹²›:‹²›0‹²›}}" __fw_editor_shortcodes_id="24969c529abbe80254d16956318be5e1" _array_keys="{‹²›tabs‹²›:‹²›tabs‹²›,‹²›animation_on_scroll‹²›:‹²›animation_on_scroll‹²›}" _fw_coder="aggressive"][/accordion]

The post Dragon-Eyed Void first appeared on L. Darby Gibbs ~ Author.

[accordion id="3d9a7f0b660f30cb8895d7baefcac385" tabs="‹º›{‹²›tab_title‹²›:‹²›The Story‹²›,‹²›tab_content‹²›:‹²›‹¨›p‹˜›Peace is a broom sweep away.‹¨›/p‹˜›‹¨›p‹˜›Madness is much closer.‹¨›/p‹˜›‹¨›p‹˜›The Void‹³›s destruction looms. Dragons sacrifice themselves. And a new weapon in the hands of the casters twists love into uncertainty. Loyalty into revenge.‹¨›/p‹˜›‹²›},{‹²›tab_title‹²›:‹²›The Characters‹²›,‹²›tab_content‹²›:‹²›‹¨›p‹˜›Zyla Powerbane, Sequin Duon, Madras Raeven, ‹¨›strong‹˜›Thaddeus‹¨›/strong‹˜›‹¨›/p‹˜›‹¨›p‹˜›Dragons ‹¯›amp; Grand Lynkyns‹¨›/p‹˜›‹²›},{‹²›tab_title‹²›:‹²›The World‹²›,‹²›tab_content‹²›:‹²›‹¨›p‹˜›The world of Rigaria contains the non-magical, magic casters, and magic melders. It is ruled by a class of casters. Rigaria has been losing magic over the years and has reached a point of destabilization. Some believe this could have been prevented; even more hold the melders responsible.‹¨›/p‹˜›‹¨›p‹˜›When a melder child is identified, the child‹³›s magic is bound as it is believed melders go mad and burn anything and anyone close to them.‹¨›/p‹˜›‹¨›p‹˜›Are melders as lethal as the Caster Council asserts? Do Lynkyn Forests only exist in fairytale imaginings? Can melders create dragons out of thin air? Who will defy the status quo?‹¨›/p‹˜›‹²›}‹¹›" hide_on_desktop="false" hide_on_mobile="false" animation_on_scroll="{‹²›animation_enable‹²›:‹²›no‹²›,‹²›yes‹²›:{‹²›animation_type‹²›:‹²›fadeIn‹²›,‹²›animation_delay‹²›:‹²›0‹²›}}" __fw_editor_shortcodes_id="24969c529abbe80254d16956318be5e1" _array_keys="{‹²›tabs‹²›:‹²›tabs‹²›,‹²›animation_on_scroll‹²›:‹²›animation_on_scroll‹²›}" _fw_coder="aggressive"][/accordion]

The post Dragon-Eyed Madness first appeared on L. Darby Gibbs ~ Author.

[accordion id="3d9a7f0b660f30cb8895d7baefcac385" tabs="‹º›{‹²›tab_title‹²›:‹²›The Story‹²›,‹²›tab_content‹²›:‹²›‹¨›p‹˜›While Zyla follows her lists of impossible tasks, and Seguin waffles between steady companion and tortured flirt, Thaddeus sweeps. Dragons demand freedom, and Madras is feeling she‹³›s the only sane one in the group.‹¨›/p‹˜›‹²›},{‹²›tab_title‹²›:‹²›The Characters‹²›,‹²›tab_content‹²›:‹²›‹¨›p‹˜›Zyla Powerbane, Seguin Duon, ‹¨›strong‹˜›Madras Raeven‹¨›/strong‹˜›, Thaddeus‹¨›/p‹˜›‹¨›p‹˜›Dragons ‹¯›amp; Grand Lynkyns‹¨›/p‹˜›‹²›},{‹²›tab_title‹²›:‹²›The World‹²›,‹²›tab_content‹²›:‹²›‹¨›p‹˜›The world of Rigaria contains the non-magical, magic casters, and magic melders. It is ruled by a class of casters. Rigaria has been losing magic over the years and has reached a point of destabilization. Some believe this could have been prevented; even more hold the melders responsible.‹¨›/p‹˜›‹¨›p‹˜›When a melder child is identified, the child‹³›s magic is bound as it is believed melders go mad and burn anything and anyone close to them.‹¨›/p‹˜›‹¨›p‹˜›Are melders as lethal as the Caster Council asserts? Do Lynkyn Forests only exist in fairytale imaginings? Can melders create dragons out of thin air? Who will defy the status quo?‹¨›/p‹˜›‹²›}‹¹›" hide_on_desktop="false" hide_on_mobile="false" animation_on_scroll="{‹²›animation_enable‹²›:‹²›no‹²›,‹²›yes‹²›:{‹²›animation_type‹²›:‹²›fadeIn‹²›,‹²›animation_delay‹²›:‹²›0‹²›}}" __fw_editor_shortcodes_id="24969c529abbe80254d16956318be5e1" _array_keys="{‹²›tabs‹²›:‹²›tabs‹²›,‹²›animation_on_scroll‹²›:‹²›animation_on_scroll‹²›}" _fw_coder="aggressive"][/accordion]

The post Dragon-Eyed Prime first appeared on L. Darby Gibbs ~ Author.

[accordion id="3d9a7f0b660f30cb8895d7baefcac385" tabs="‹º›{‹²›tab_title‹²›:‹²›The Story‹²›,‹²›tab_content‹²›:‹²›‹¨›p‹˜›Zyla had a mission: save the mad melder. Before or after she plants Grand Lynkyn seeds? Before or after she finds Seguin and Madras? Before or after she knows if a kiss was the first and last, or one of many to come?‹¨›/p‹˜›‹¨›p‹˜›Trust or don‹³›t trust her mentor?‹¨›/p‹˜›‹¨›p‹˜›All while Seguin is off searching for his lost sister and running into danger Zyla isn‹³›t there to help battle.‹¨›/p‹˜›‹¨›p‹˜›She may be a strong melder and an unsurpassed caster, but nothing prepared her for the challenges her heart was facing.‹¨›/p‹˜›‹²›},{‹²›tab_title‹²›:‹²›The Characters‹²›,‹²›tab_content‹²›:‹²›‹¨›p‹˜›Zyla Powerbane ‹¯›amp; ‹¨›strong‹˜›Seguin Duon‹¨›/strong‹˜›.‹¨›/p‹˜›‹¨›p‹˜›Madras Raeven: foster sister to Seguin. Independent, open-hearted, and takes no guff from Seguin. Self-trained melder with surprising additional skills.‹¨›/p‹˜›‹¨›p‹˜›Thaddeus: once imprisoned in the basement of Wisery Towers. Suspicious and easily driven into panicked states of confusion.‹¨›/p‹˜›‹¨›p‹˜›Dragons ‹¯›amp; Grand Lynkyns‹¨›/p‹˜›‹²›},{‹²›tab_title‹²›:‹²›The World‹²›,‹²›tab_content‹²›:‹²›‹¨›p‹˜›The world of Rigaria contains the non-magical, magic casters, and magic melders. It is ruled by a class of casters. Rigaria has been losing magic over the years and has reached a point of destabilization. Some believe this could have been prevented; even more hold the melders responsible.‹¨›/p‹˜›‹¨›p‹˜›When a melder child is identified, the child‹³›s magic is bound as it is believed melders go mad and burn anything and anyone close to them.‹¨›/p‹˜›‹¨›p‹˜›Are melders as lethal as the Caster Council asserts? Do Lynkyn Forests only exist in fairytale imaginings? Can melders create dragons out of thin air? Who will defy the status quo?‹¨›/p‹˜›‹²›}‹¹›" hide_on_desktop="false" hide_on_mobile="false" animation_on_scroll="{‹²›animation_enable‹²›:‹²›no‹²›,‹²›yes‹²›:{‹²›animation_type‹²›:‹²›fadeIn‹²›,‹²›animation_delay‹²›:‹²›0‹²›}}" __fw_editor_shortcodes_id="24969c529abbe80254d16956318be5e1" _array_keys="{‹²›tabs‹²›:‹²›tabs‹²›,‹²›animation_on_scroll‹²›:‹²›animation_on_scroll‹²›}" _fw_coder="aggressive"][/accordion]

The post Dragon-Eyed Rogue first appeared on L. Darby Gibbs ~ Author.

[accordion id="dbf3cef797fd9f8b3f6a739021bce2b4" tabs="‹º›{‹²›tab_title‹²›:‹²›The Story‹²›,‹²›tab_content‹²›:‹²›‹¨›p‹˜›Two leaders. Twenty years. A secret and a mission that promises to peel each painful layer of the past.‹¨›/p‹˜›‹²›},{‹²›tab_title‹²›:‹²›The Characters‹²›,‹²›tab_content‹²›:‹²›‹¨›p‹˜›Cordella Gandomilford: ex-Queen‹³›s guard, she returned to the realm‹³›s capital just in time to be selected to bond with a dragon. She leads the fifth flight squad, the only dragon squad in the kingdom.‹¨›/p‹˜›‹¨›p‹˜›Boden Marks: king‹³›s messenger and first officer under Marshal Buckleran. He should be thrilled he was named Squad Commander of the five dragons and their riders. He would be, except he has a history with the squad leader and questions he‹³›s been waiting twenty years for her to answer.‹¨›/p‹˜›‹²›},{‹²›tab_title‹²›:‹²›The World‹²›,‹²›tab_content‹²›:‹²›‹¨›p‹˜›The kingdom‹³›s survival grows dire when ogres use dragons to terrorize the kingdom, stealing cattle ‹¯›amp; children alike. Everything is meat to an ogre. In a land torn by war and bound by duty, can love survive?‹¨›/p‹˜›‹²›}‹¹›" hide_on_desktop="false" hide_on_mobile="false" animation_on_scroll="{‹²›animation_enable‹²›:‹²›no‹²›,‹²›yes‹²›:{‹²›animation_type‹²›:‹²›fadeIn‹²›,‹²›animation_delay‹²›:‹²›0‹²›}}" __fw_editor_shortcodes_id="5991757081d1b64586bb14aad9d21b40" _array_keys="{‹²›tabs‹²›:‹²›tabs‹²›,‹²›animation_on_scroll‹²›:‹²›animation_on_scroll‹²›}" _fw_coder="aggressive"][/accordion]

The post Of Wing and Wisdom first appeared on L. Darby Gibbs ~ Author.