Dragonhammer: Volume I

by Conner McCall

They say there is one that cannot be defeated. One that can withstand any blow and return it without remorse. One who burns across the battlefield as a beast of old. He is the one, they say, who fights like a dragon.

Dragonhammer.

Genres: Fantasy

286 pages, Kindle Edition

First published April 30, 2015

About the author

Conner McCall is a college student studying Music Composition with a minor in Computer Science, and somehow managed to write and publish a book in the midst of all that. When not doing something with music, computers, or books, he has a tendency to lounge and eat preposterous amounts of food from his pantry (or occasionally try to find a date).

Reviews

[DWR · Rating 2 out of 5]

Flat characters, plot and premise

I had higher hopes based on the reviews, but was disappointed as usual. Even the three star reviews failed to note the inherent flaws in this book. The characters are so flat they're practically concave. The plot is like watching stock footage from Lord of the Rings. The dialogue is so terse and immature it's essentially unnecessary. The hero is inexplicably omnipotent and his motivation is thin. The world, and war strategy, is about as sophisticated as a Risk game board. The bad guys are opaque yet predictable. I skimmed or skipped the unnecessarily descriptive paragraphs on almost every page, thus avoiding much of the book. I only gave it 2 stars, rather than 1, as I did read the last couple of pages. I won't be reading the next volume, if it ever is released.

[Trystan Whitmore · Rating 5 out of 5]

best book i have ever read! this story has emotion, action, a deep story, and developed characters. this book is my favorite book!!!! (the second book in the series is also amazing) to the auther: please make more books i will die without more!

[Stephen Levesque · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a great start to the series and I could not put it down. You'll fall in love with the characters and story will keep you reading til the end. Great Reading Everyone!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Jomin Johnson · Rating 2 out of 5]

Dragonhammer was an okay read. For a fantasy book, it was very basic. Maybe it's because I have read Tolkien, George RR Martin etc...The plot was very thin and the story very straightforward. None of the characters had any depth. There really wasn't any real character development. I couldn't feel for the characters because I couldn't connect to the characters. The book was centralized on the main character, Kadmus. As i read the book it seemed as though the author was too focused on creating an all powerful character. The character seems to have some unbelievable fighting skills, and wins every fight with a swing or two of his mighty hammer. This character, mind you, has no background in fighting or being trained to be a fighter of that caliber. The character just starts off being insanely powerful, taking down enemies who should realistically have more experience and skills. The dialogues between the characters were not engaging and to be honest pretty boring. The entire book, plot, characters and bad guys seem to have been created to make the main character important, and show how powerful he is.

Again, this book was an okay read. It was not bad, but if you are expecting to get wrapped up in a whole different world, I would pass. Who knows, maybe once the author finds the time to focus in on the book and really get into it, he can create a world with characters that people are eager to learn about and be a part of.

[MEG Munro · Rating 4 out of 5]

We must give this young author a chance

When I started reading this story, I became flustered with the use of too many adjectives. The descriptions of everything was just wordy.
But after I got around that problem, I realized what a good story was being told. The characters are very good and believable too.
I am going on to the next volume of Dragonhammer volume 2 when this college student finds time to create it.



bts around to it.
Can you imagine going to college AND writing a fantasy novel!!!!!!

[Chris · Rating 1 out of 5]

Pretty Silly

I want to preface with the fact that I only got to the 30% mark, so it's possible it could've got better. Writing is disjointed, skips and drags from paragraph to paragraph. Main character has no learning curve and everyone defers to him. I couldn't stick with it to see if his amazing skills were explained.

[Sean P. · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved Volume 1

I really enjoyed this book. I couldn't help but feel the same way that the main character felt at every turn. I am waiting with great anticipation for the next book to come out. I can't wait to see what happens next in both his military and slowly developing (what I anticipate to be his) romantic life.

[Mike Hicks · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is very flat but for some reason it pulls you in. I think the author has something special but has yet to really grow into it. The book was a basic zero to hero stand point. Good but flat no betrayal or plot twist, straightforward.

[Drev · Rating 5 out of 5]

get first book. can't wait for the next one

[Rebecca Armstrong · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved this book desperately searched for a sequel. Cannot wait for one. Cant recommend enough story draws you right in

[Larry J. Herring · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good read

I enjoyed the story and the straightforward style. Every story and plotline does not have to be twisted to find lengths to be interesting.

[Randy Thompson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Awesome!!

Best book I've read in ages I loved every chapter I can't wait to read the next one ! !

[Donna · Rating 4 out of 5]

Not bad


Decent read, author moves the story along well, though slightly dry at times. Main character can seem too naive at times( or 1 sided)