Gifted a soul-forged bond with his dragon, Umbris, Kullen is tasked with hunting any and all who oppose the Empire.
But when the secretive Crimson Fang murders two noblemen before his very eyes, Kullen must discover the truth of who they are and what they want. What he uncovers is a web of lies and deceit spiraling into the depths of Dimvein.
Natisse, a high-ranking member of the rebellion known as the Crimson Fang, has no greater goal than to rid Dimvein of power-hungry nobles. Haunted by her past, fire, flames, and the death of her parents, she sets out to destroy the dragons and those who wield them as unstoppable weapons of destruction.
Until she too finds herself buried beneath the weight of the revelations her investigations reveal…
The Empire is under siege from within, and one man, dressed in black like the night, stands at the epicenter of it all.
Black Talon is the first book in the Dragonblood Assassin Series from #1 Audible and Washington Post bestseller Jaime Castle & Epic Fantasy legend Andy Peloquin. It’s perfect for fans of the Forgotten Realms, Joe Abercrombie, David Dalglish, and Kel Kade.
Powerful dragonblood vials have been stolen from their murdered owners. Magisters, answering to a shadowy figure known only as Red Claw, seek to undermine the emperor.
Kullen’s work as Black Talon will only grow bloodier as his path crosses with the Crimson Fang, hopeful they might know where to find a kid-napped Prince Jaylen.
Natisse yearns for vengeance against the one who has taken so much from her. Yet, for the sake of the mission—always the mission—she must put her hate aside and attempt to trust the Crimson Fang’s greatest enemy.
With her new Ember Dragon Golgoth by her side, the playing field is even—assuming she can learn to control the fires that rage within her.
Together, assassin and rebel must delve into deep waters and high towers to discover the truth behind so many secrets—secrets that threaten to destroy the very Empire itself.
Red Claw is the second installment in Dragonblood Assassin from #1 Audible and Washington Post bestseller Jaime Castle & Epic Fantasy legend Andy Peloquin, perfect for fans of the Forgotten Realms, Joe Abercrombie, David Dalglish, and Kel Kade.
The Empire’s ancient foes have come to destroy, bringing with them threats new and old. The Blood Clan pirates and the savage Hudar Horde cavalry are joined by the magic of the Vandil, long believed lost to the ages.
Kullen and Natisse must fight to preserve the threads that hold Dimvein together. Only together can they and their allies keep the enemy from burning everything they’ve built to the ground.
It’s a race to the end, blades slashing and fire raging.
Silver Spines is the third installment in Dragonblood Assassin from #1 Audible and Washington Post bestseller Jaime Castle & Epic Fantasy legend Andy Peloquin, perfect for fans of the Forgotten Realms, Joe Abercrombie, David Dalglish, and Kel Kade.
Release Date: February 6th, 2024
Artist: Antti Hakosaari | Artstation
Blurb
The battle grows dire. The death toll rises. The end is nigh.
Natisse, believing Kullen fallen to a traitor’s blade, fights on to honor his memory and to complete his final mission: to save their Empire from the enemy fleet threatening destruction. Together with Golgoth, she must stand before the very fires of hell to protect the city and people she has come to love.
Kullen, gravely wounded, finds himself dragged back from the brink of death. But if the gods are kind, he might just find allies to aid in his battle to avenge the dead and hold the chaos-gripped city together in the most unexpected of places.
United by common purpose, they and all of Dimvein must stand strong—or face total annihilation at the hands of a power older and crueler than even the dragons they command.
Golden Flames is the final installment in Dragonblood Assassin from #1 Audible and Washington Post bestseller Jaime Castle & Epic Fantasy legend Andy Peloquin, perfect for fans of the Forgotten Realms, Joe Abercrombie, David Dalglish, and Kel Kade.
PREORDER YOUR COPY HERE!
Castle and Peloquin will return with Tatterwolves in 2024.
Sneak Preview Snippet:
Natisse had never seen so many dragons in one place. Had never even imagined it. Always, her thoughts had been filled with just one dragon—first, the immense Shahitz’ai’ who had burned her family alive, then Thanagar looming over the city, then Golgoth. In her memory, she’d only seen multiple dragons at the same time when flying with Kullen to the Palace beside Prince Jaylen’s silver, Tempest. Even then, that had been only two. Three, counting the Emperor’s colossal white dragon.
Here, however, she counted at least twenty-five dragons hovering, circling, and soaring above the Southern Docks. Perhaps even more hid in the darkness, concealed in shadow like Umbris. Those she could see, however, took her breath away with their variety as much as their number.
Dragons of vibrant emerald, gleaming gold, obsidian black, frosty white, ruddy earth-brown, cobalt blue, and even a few reds as vivid as Golgoth and silvers the same shining hue as Tempest. One pudgy dragon of a rusty vermillion hue squatted between two ballistae, while another brassy serpent-like creature slithered ceaselessly along the seaward-facing wall of Fort Elyas. When lightning cracked the sky, the brilliance seemed to radiate off two platinum-bright dragons soaring so high they were mere specks of gleaming light in the dark night.
Yet for all their numbers and the power they possessed—each one a force of destructive strength, speed, and mighty magic in their own right—Natisse had no doubt they would be too few. Far, far too few against the thousands of enemy ships that now filled Blackwater Bay and stretched for leagues out to the deep waters of the Astralkane Sea.
And what was more, those ships wielded the magic of the Vandil—magic that could tether them to the Mortal Realm and make them vulnerable to physical attacks. Combined with the Blood Clan magic-powered dragonscalpers, that was a force that verged on the unstoppable.
Despite that, the faces that turned her way showed only resolve, determination. Clenched jaws, hard-set eyes, straight spines. The soldiers of the Karmian Army and the Imperial Scales summoned to the defense of the city would fight—to the last man, if needed. The only alternative—seeing their city overrun, their families and neighbors and loved ones butchered by Blood Clan and Hudar Horde blades or devoured by Vandil magic—was unthinkable.
About the Authors
Jaime Castle
Jaime Castle hails from the great nation of Texas where he lives with his wife and two children and enjoys anything creative. A self-proclaimed comic book nerd and artist, he spends what little free time he can muster with his art tablet.
Jaime is a Washington Post and #1 Audible Bestseller, Audible Originals author (The Luna Missile Crisis, Dead Acre) and co-created and co-authored The Buried Goddess Saga, which includes the IPPY award-winning Web of Eyes.
Find out more at www.jaimecastle.com
Andy Peloquin
I am, first and foremost, a storyteller and an artist–words are my palette. Fantasy and science fiction are my genres of choice, and I love to explore the darker side of human nature through the filter of heroes, villains, and everything in between. I’m also a freelance writer, a book lover, and a guy who just loves to meet new people and spend hours talking about my fascination for the worlds I encounter in the pages of fantasy and sci-fi novels.
Speculative fiction provides us with an escape, a way to forget about our mundane problems and step into worlds where anything is possible. It transcends age, gender, religion,race, or lifestyle–it is our way of believing what cannot be, delving into the unknowable, and discovering hidden truths about ourselves and our world in a brand new way. Fiction at its very best!
Leave a Reply