"Blood, steel, and dragonfire." Blood of Requiem, a new epic fantasy.

[DArenson]

New review on Amazon for Blood of Requiem:

"Fast and Furious Dragons: Blood of Requiem is a well-crafted novel, with strong, flowing prose, well-developed characters and a fast moving plot that keeps the reader engaged. The story follows the struggles of a few survivors of the Vis Requis to evade the evil King Dies Irae, who hunts these dragon people he calls weredragons mercilessly, aided by a host of griffins."

You can read the full review on Amazon.

[DArenson]

New five star review for Blood of Requiem on GoodReads.com: "Absolutely fantastic book and a book I would never have chosen except it was part of a book reading challenge. Only disappointment is that the second book hasn't been written yet. Must read book."

[carpetmojo]

Originally Posted by rdjack21

Wow love the art work! I would be tempted to make that my background if you have something a little bigger. If you don't mind my asking who was the artiest and do they have a web page?

I hate to say it but cover art is what really pulls me in and makes me pick up a book. Bad cover art and I will not even pick up the book (unless I happen to already know the author). I have to give this one a read for no other reason than the cover. I should also add that I've also got Eye of the Wizard on my read list as well.

I've downloaded it, it's reasonably enough priced to try it - but I must say the cover art seems very similar to, if not derivative of, a book that's been out some years now , "Eragon" (I think that's right) that my son got into, also about Dragons etc..
In fact dragon's are usually the main pictorial requirement for a book concerning dragons, I'd have thought !

Can't quite remember, need to look it up, but I think that was a series too. I read the first, which was OK, usual sort of quest/battle/gene-pool/solitary survivor of race or is it, thing, but I sort of lost track after that, but I'm sure there was more than one.

[DArenson]

Originally Posted by carpetmojo

I've downloaded it, it's reasonably enough priced to try it - but I must say the cover art seems very similar to, if not derivative of, a book that's been out some years now , "Eragon" (I think that's right) that my son got into, also about Dragons etc..
In fact dragon's are usually the main pictorial requirement for a book concerning dragons, I'd have thought !

Can't quite remember, need to look it up, but I think that was a series too. I read the first, which was OK, usual sort of quest/battle/gene-pool/solitary survivor of race or is it, thing, but I sort of lost track after that, but I'm sure there was more than one.

Thanks, carpetmojo. I hope you enjoy reading the novel.

Yes, Eragon's cover also features a dragon. However, Eragon has more of a Young Adult and fairytale feel. Blood of Requiem is darker and geared toward older teens and adults. Its tone is probably closer to George R. R. Martin (A Game of Thrones), Roger Zelazny (Amber), or David Dalglish (The Half-Orcs).

[rdjack21]

Originally Posted by DArenson

Its tone is probably closer to George R. R. Martin (A Game of Thrones), Roger Zelazny (Amber), or David Dalglish (The Half-Orcs).

I had not heard of David Dalglish so looked him up. He has some interesting stuff. I'll have to add him to my way to long to read list

Just finished off Dragon Space what a great read. So I'm moving on to one of your books the Eye of the Wizard. I think after that I'm going to read Blood of Requiem, I'm actually looking forward to reading it

[DArenson]

Originally Posted by rdjack21

I had not heard of David Dalglish so looked him up. He has some interesting stuff. I'll have to add him to my way to long to read list

Just finished off Dragon Space what a great read. So I'm moving on to one of your books the Eye of the Wizard. I think after that I'm going to read Blood of Requiem, I'm actually looking forward to reading it

Hope you enjoy them! Thanks for reading.

[DArenson]

"Which of your characters in this book was the most difficult to write about? Why?"

Author David Burton interviewed me about Blood of Requiem. You can see our discussion here.

[DArenson]

Worlds collide at the blog From the Shadows!

"Today we are trying something new. We have two fabulous authors... participating in a cross-novel character interview where worlds, and personalities, collide! There has been a temporal rift in imagination’s space-time continuum. This causes Ken Lowery and his dog, Silas, from Robert J. Duperre’s novel Silas: A Supernatural Thriller, to have a chance encounter with Gloriae, ill-tempered daughter of Dies Irae, the evil villain from Blood of Requiem, the first book of Daniel Arenson’s Song of Dragons series. See what happens when three characters from two completely different universes meet…"

Take a look.

[DArenson]

Author and reviewer Penelope Fletcher discusses Blood of Requiem:

[DArenson]

Happy Sunday everyone! Time for a sample. Meet Gloriae, a villain from Blood of Requiem, in this new excerpt.

[xg4bx]

just finished it last night. very good and has some really cool ideas. i've picked up the sequel and will get to it shortly (i can't read books in a series one after another, i need a buffer book lol).

my only minor complaint is that names and a few terms are repeated a bit too much but other than that its an excellent series so far. its epic fantasy but theres an ethereal, almost fairy tale quality to it.

[DArenson]

Originally Posted by xg4bx

just finished it last night. very good and has some really cool ideas. i've picked up the sequel and will get to it shortly (i can't read books in a series one after another, i need a buffer book lol).

Thanks, xg! I hope you enjoy the sequel too.