Draconis Memoria 1 - Oheň probuzení – Ryan Anthony (2018)

The first part of the new series Draconis Memoria from the author of the bestselling trilogy The Raven's Shadow. In the vast areas controlled by the Kovolod Trading Syndicate, there is no more valuable resource than the blood of draggas. After being bled in captivity or hunted in the wild, the Red, Green, Blue, and Black draggas can be distilled into elixirs that bestow dizzying abilities upon a small group of men and women known as the Blood Blessed. Few know, however, that the individual clans of draggas are withering. Their blood is running out, and the war with the Korvantin Empire is approaching. The Syndicate's last hope rests on vague rumors of the existence of another type of dragga — much more powerful than the others — and a handful of chosen ones who must now try to find it. The story gradually intertwines the fates of three main heroes. Claydon Torcreek, a thief and unregistered Blood Blessed, finds himself unwillingly in the service of the Syndicate and is sent to search the unexplored wastelands for the legendary creature. Lizanne Lethridge, a top-tier agent and hired assassin, risks her life on a reconnaissance mission into the heart of enemy territory. And Corrick Hilemore, a lieutenant on a Kovolod cruiser, after a battle with pirates and subsequently with the Korvantin fleet, will arrive...