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The Dragon Queen of Chaos #5
Knights Rift
Jarryd risked everything to obtain the Thaumaturge stone, a weapon so powerful it devastated a nation. With it, he might have a chance against the Dragon Queen. If the weapon doesn’t kill him first. For the stone’s power grows by the day, and Jarryd’s friends fear what it is doing to him. Unfortunately, Jarryd is running out of time. He’s been poisoned by an Imperial assassin, and the poison is spreading. Changing him into something else… The Dragon Queen of Chaos is the third series in the Chaos Cycle , following Immortality and Chaos (I) and Chaos and Retribution (II).
- GenresFantasy
271 pages, Kindle Edition
Published February 26, 2021
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About the author
Eric T. Knight
34 books118 followersBorn in 1965, I grew up on a working cattle ranch in the desert thirty miles from Wickenburg, Arizona, which at that time was exactly the middle of nowhere. Work, cactus and heat were plentiful, forms of recreation were not. The TV got two channels when it wanted to, and only in the evening after someone hand cranked the balky diesel generator to life. All of which meant that my primary form of escape was reading.
At 18 I fled to Tucson where I attended the University of Arizona. A number of fruitless attempts at productive majors followed, none of which stuck. Discovering I liked writing, I tried journalism two separate times, but had to drop it when I realized that I had no intention of conducting interviews with actual people but preferred simply making them up.
After graduating with a degree in Creative Writing in 1989, I backpacked Europe with a friend and caught the travel bug. With no meaningful job prospects, I hitchhiked around the U.S. for a while then went back to school to learn to be a high school English teacher. I got a teaching job right out of school in the middle of the year. The job lasted exactly one semester, or until I received my summer pay and realized I actually had money to continue backpacking.
The next stop was Australia, where I hoped to spend six months, working wherever I could, then a few months in New Zealand and the South Pacific. However, my plans changed irrevocably when I met a lovely Swiss woman, Claudia, in Alice Springs. Undoubtedly swept away by my lack of a job or real future, she agreed to allow me to follow her back to Switzerland where, a few months later, she gave up her job to continue traveling with me. Over the next couple years we backpacked the U.S., Eastern Europe and Australia/New Zealand, before marrying and settling in the mountains of Colorado, in a small town called Salida.
In Colorado we starved and froze, started our own electronics business, and had a couple of sons, Dylan and Daniel. In 2005 we shut the business down and moved back to Tucson.
I am currently working on finishing The Devastation Wars fantasy series and attending graduate school.
At 18 I fled to Tucson where I attended the University of Arizona. A number of fruitless attempts at productive majors followed, none of which stuck. Discovering I liked writing, I tried journalism two separate times, but had to drop it when I realized that I had no intention of conducting interviews with actual people but preferred simply making them up.
After graduating with a degree in Creative Writing in 1989, I backpacked Europe with a friend and caught the travel bug. With no meaningful job prospects, I hitchhiked around the U.S. for a while then went back to school to learn to be a high school English teacher. I got a teaching job right out of school in the middle of the year. The job lasted exactly one semester, or until I received my summer pay and realized I actually had money to continue backpacking.
The next stop was Australia, where I hoped to spend six months, working wherever I could, then a few months in New Zealand and the South Pacific. However, my plans changed irrevocably when I met a lovely Swiss woman, Claudia, in Alice Springs. Undoubtedly swept away by my lack of a job or real future, she agreed to allow me to follow her back to Switzerland where, a few months later, she gave up her job to continue traveling with me. Over the next couple years we backpacked the U.S., Eastern Europe and Australia/New Zealand, before marrying and settling in the mountains of Colorado, in a small town called Salida.
In Colorado we starved and froze, started our own electronics business, and had a couple of sons, Dylan and Daniel. In 2005 we shut the business down and moved back to Tucson.
I am currently working on finishing The Devastation Wars fantasy series and attending graduate school.
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Displaying 1 - 7 of 7 reviews
January 21, 2021
This series just keeps getting ever more powerful, it started as a coming of age story with a very young hero but Jarryd has matured now even though in this book I felt that once he got hold of the thaumaturge stone he started to lie and ignore the feelings of his friends and this sure put Hamisi's hackles up. She almost left Jarryd and Kathor many a time however the way things turned out and the many dangers the group came across kept them together. Jarryd must have been the only one not realising that the stone was affecting the way he was reacting, he was feeling all mighty so much so that he was sure he was all set to face the Emperor himself. But pride comes before a fall and Jarryd though facing a massive battle was still too early in facing the evil of both the Emperor and even more so of the Dragon Queen of Chaos herself. This is a very invigorating and thrilling read and the fight between good and evil is becoming ever more harsh. I love that we got to visit the shark people's home and that now part of our Dragonknights group is one of these shark people. He is a very much needed addition to the group. I cannot wait to read book 6 as I am sure we are nearing the great battle which is highly due!
February 26, 2021
Fantasy Excellence
Ohh its all happening now as out knights start coming into their powers.
With the constant fighting retreat we still manage to find time to bond with our characters as they try to find somewhere safe along with others. The trifecta between our main characters gives us a lot to work through and gives us a suspense that keep each page moving right till the end.
Ohh its all happening now as out knights start coming into their powers.
With the constant fighting retreat we still manage to find time to bond with our characters as they try to find somewhere safe along with others. The trifecta between our main characters gives us a lot to work through and gives us a suspense that keep each page moving right till the end.
February 28, 2021
OMG what a ride
There are times I really want to slap Jarred around the head and tell him to grow up! Hopefully he has now? Will he be 'The Knight with the Sight' or will he again be too scared and refuse to use the gift? Apparently I've got to wait until the end of the year to find out.
Excellent writing from Eric T Knight. A brilliant story that drags you in, tumbles and turns your emotions in all directions and leaves you wanting much more.
There are times I really want to slap Jarred around the head and tell him to grow up! Hopefully he has now? Will he be 'The Knight with the Sight' or will he again be too scared and refuse to use the gift? Apparently I've got to wait until the end of the year to find out.
Excellent writing from Eric T Knight. A brilliant story that drags you in, tumbles and turns your emotions in all directions and leaves you wanting much more.
August 26, 2021
Pounded through these five books so fun to read
I'm always a big fan of good character development watching the characters mature but stay somewhat consistent to their core beliefs but yet change through the situations with a well woven storyline is a lot of fun thoroughly enjoyed this set of books can't wait for number six to be released
I'm always a big fan of good character development watching the characters mature but stay somewhat consistent to their core beliefs but yet change through the situations with a well woven storyline is a lot of fun thoroughly enjoyed this set of books can't wait for number six to be released
January 22, 2021
Great! The tension between the knights continues as they jump from one impossible situation to the next barely managing to survive each one. New tools and the next knight are discovered. The Empires army faces its first real challenge and many lessons are learned. The next book should be epic!
August 11, 2023
I found this book less enjoyable than the others with a profoundly obvious reveal. The MC struggle and behavior was tiring, this wasn't done in an interesting enough way like Mat in WOT. In general characters are static throughout pretty much. After five books I'd expect more growth and maturation.
March 4, 2021
It was a very compelling follow-up of the series.
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