Burden's Edge

Fury of a Rising Dragon Series, Book 1

By: Sever Bronny

Narrated by: Gary Furlong

When a young man chooses a forbidden calling, he must prove his worth...or watch his kingdom fall.

Sixteen-year-old Augum Stone is a warlock prodigy suffocating under the weight of expectations. Students idolize him. Nobles plot to exploit him. Commoners think he's a miracle-maker. And with invasion looming, his already war-weakened kingdom expects him to be its champion. But Augum doesn't want to be a pawn in someone else's game. He'll forge his own path: that of the Arcaner - not a warlock or a knight, but a lethal combination of both.

Legend says Arcaners once had the power to summon dragons. If true, it could change everything. Resurrecting the Arcaner path comes with consequences, however. Scandal. Malice. Treachery. And a harrowing test of character. He must survive. He must prove he's worthy of an ancient path. And he must save the kingdom...before it's too late.

©2017 Sever Bronny Ltd. (P)2018 Tantor

Good read

Slow but worth every minute. A tale that you will never forget. Reading the first books a must

Burden's Edge review

I like the story well enough. It didn't quite capture my imagination like the Arinthian Line series. I like the Arinthian Line narrator better.

Instantly sub par compared to The Arinthian Line

All of a sudden all of the characters have completely changed in personality. The new narrator does this series more harm than good. Half the time its hard to tell if he is narrating one of the many female roles or the male roles. Terrible idea to change narrators, especially going as far as to change the nationality of the narrator making all of the characters sound like they decided to have an accent from Dublin after already publishing 5 books, all of which had no discernable accent.

Love the story...hate when they change narrators

Love this series but the one thing that drives me crazy is when a different narrator is used and they pronounce things differently. Doesn’t change the content of the book but it makes me stop every time something is different from the precious narrator.

I'm not even finished yet but...

it feels like everything 14 chapters in is just intended to piss the reader off... the protagonist seems to be doing everything he can to worsen his situation at every step, he's berated for things that aren't his fault, and evey interaction with another character so far just seems end up with him getting dumped on. do I have to wait till the end before anything even begins to move forward? I'll probably keep going but goddamn is this just drama? or will I get an opportunity to actually like anyone in the story?