Draconis Memoria 1 - Oheň probuzení – Ryan Anthony (2019)

The first volume of the new series Draconis Memoria by the author of the bestselling trilogy The Raven's Shadow. In the vast areas controlled by the Kovolod Trade Syndicate, there is no more valuable resource than the blood of draggas. After being bled out in captivity or hunted in the wild, the blood of 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. However, few know that the individual breeds of draggas are withering. Their blood is running out, and the war with the Korvantin Empire is approaching. The last hope of the Syndicate rests on vague rumors of the existence of another species of draggas—much more powerful than the others—and on a handful of chosen ones who must now attempt to find it. The fates of three main characters gradually intertwine in the story. Claydon Torcreek, a petty 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 Lethridgova, a top-notch agent and hired assassin, risks her life on a reconnaissance mission into the heart of enemy territory. And Corrick Hilemore, a second lieutenant on a Kovolod cruiser, after a battle with pirates and subsequently with the Korvantin fleet, will arrive...