Here be dragons. Need I say more? Dragon Hunters is the second book in Marc Turner’s debut fantasy series The Chronicles of the Exile, but features new characters and a...
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Here be dragons. Need I say more? Dragon Hunters is the second book in Marc Turner’s debut fantasy series The Chronicles of the Exile, but features new characters and a different setting within the same world as the first instalment, When the Heavens Fall, a review of which can be found on the GdM blog. In Dragon Hunters, however, Turner changes things up, telling a much more grounded, political story than the grand fate-of-the-world tale told in the first book. It’s a standalone...
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