The Dragon's Slayer
This is my first published novel.
The Official KDP synopsis:
What if your nightmares were just a warning, and your everyday life was only the beginning?
Following a mesmeric therapy session, Brian Slade, his friend Willow and his therapist Niamh uncover ancient memories that draw them into a covert conflict between ancient mythology and the modern world.
On a quest commissioned by a dragon, the Slayer, Sword Maiden, and Seer face a world of secret societies, and hidden places, discovering that friendship, courage, and love may be their best hope.
In a tale of transformation, danger, and destiny, The Dragon’s Slayer invites you to step into a world where legends walk among us, and the fate of everything rests in the hands of three unlikely heroes.
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Note for readers:
This novel contains mature themes, including violence and consensual sexual content. It is intended for adult readers.
Links To The Book
Amazon ebook ASIN number is B0GX36TNFD
But You Want To Know More Right?
If you have come this far then you are in search of more before investing your valuable reading time. I get that, even thought the book is meant to be a voyage of discovery.
So what can I tell you that won't spoil it for you.
The idea came from a web post I did years ago. I was researching hypnosis, specifically past life regression. There's an odd phenomenon that happens occasionally in hypnosis when a person drops into a past life regression spontaneously without prompting from the hypnotist.
In my web post I had a young man who was having bad dreams who went to see a hypnotist and on the first session he dropped into a past life regression where he was a Slayer.
In my book Brian is the shoe salesman who is having bad dreams. He's in permanent therapy for reasons you will have to read the book for. His latest therapist is Niamh (an Irish name that is pronounced Neve in English) and she has arranged for a hypnosis session. Brian is a bit worried about it so his friend Willow agrees to go with him for moral support.
Incidental Note: Non UK readers may find a description of the education system useful.
After that it gets a bit involved but it revolves around the idea that we are what our memories make us, so if you suddenly acquire memories from a former life it changes who you are inside. That will change your view on life, and also some of your innate abilities. New abilities that you just know how to do, with no prior knowledge in this life.
The three of them change their view on the life around them and in parallel with their conventional lives they also live a life that involves hidden places, mysterious places like The Village and people. People like Marcus and the Dragon.
The hypnotist with an unusual specialisation is a guy called Marcus. He turns out to be Marcus the timeless mage, an enigmatic character with his own mythology. He crops up later in the book too.
Oh! and there's a dragon. It's in the title so that's not too much of a spoiler. A dragon who walks amongst us in human form and takes to the sky in dragon form in the dark of the night. The dragon has had a problem for a while, but now she's close to a solution, and that would be telling. She's central to the story. I took the liberty of changing the dragon myth a little, you may love it or hate it, but it's as possible as any other dragon myth.
When I wrote it, as the story unfolded I was a little surprised but it's fun, a little bit adult in places, and a bit violent (but not gory) in places. I'd like to think it's also a bit thoughtful in places too.
Is it for you? Who knows, but I'd like to think it's worth the time to read it.
Enjoy!