Murland Kadabra has always dreamed of becoming a great wizard. However, at age 19, the young apprentice has yet to successfully cast a single spell. He has been reduced to grounds keeper of Abra Tower, and has become the laughing stock of the wizarding school. But when the Most High Wizard Kazimir chooses him to be one of the five Champions of the Dragon, Murland’s life changes forever.
He soon finds himself traveling through the wilds with four unlikely companions, including an alcoholic knight, a gay elf prince, a dwarf with humanism, and an obese ogre. Prophecy dictates that these champions must march west to the shadowy peak of Bad Mountain, where they are destined to do battle with the dreaded dragon of legend, Drak’Noir.
But what few people know is that the prophecy is not altogether true. For it is not five champions who Kazimir chooses, but five fools. They are not meant to defeat the dragon, but to feed her.
To change their fate, the Champions of the Dragon must not only overcome their enemies, but also themselves.
Champions of the Dragon, book one of Epic Fallacy, is a satirical high-adventure romp through the fantasy genre in the tradition of Terry Pratchett’s Discworld series. From USA Today best-selling author Michael James Ploof.
Weird just plain weird When I read the description I expected something on the order of prachets disk world saga. But what I found was something else. Instead of sad and ridiculous characters I found a world that is at least as screwed up as this one. People’s who have accepted a lie just so they can get through the day. At first I wanted to pity the fool who were chosen but then I realized that maybe they aren’t the fool they appeared to be.
Likeable. At first glance this is just yet another Quest story /the basis for a fantasy game but it is surprisingly enjoyable. Each of the members of the quest is a very unlikely hero. WE know why each was chosen. THEY do not! No doubt each will mature into a much more successful / happy/ fulfilled character eventually (There’s a bit of ‘coming of age for each). The author somehow lifts these well worn themes into a page turner! I began to care about most of the characters and want to find out what…
Interesting but not quite what I enjoy Okay, this had some cute moments and had me laughing at times. Ive never read an epic fallacy, so this was different. Just be prepared for names like “Bad Mountain” and Kazam College. Adds to the very thing the author is trying to create I think, not done because he couldn’t think of better names .Good, well defined characters and you could also see the growth in each of the heroes, but it was difficult to really connect with any of them. I didn’t like that little if anything was…