Dragonforge

Bitterwood Series, Book 2

By: James Maxey

Narrated by: Eric Joseph Chancy

Following the events of the novel Bitterwood, a new and untested dragon-king now rules the land. The firebrand prophet, Ragnar, has raised an army of men to overthrow the dragons, and their first target is the town of Dragon Forge, home to the foundries that supply weapons and armor for the king's soldiers. Against this back-drop of war, the legendary dragon-slayer, Bant Bitterwood, finds himself in an uneasy alliance with a sun-dragon named Hex as they race to halt the genocidal schemes of the most dangerous creature alive: Blasphet, the Murder God.

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A good dragon story

I have not read/listened to Bitterwood but this a good stand alone book. I was not lost due to the backstory that was given. If you like twists and turns as well as action then this is the book for you. AT times it was even humorous. I intend to go back and read Bitterwood and then this one again. I would recommend this series to anyone who likes dragons and their interaction with humans. I love it. I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.

love this story.

this was a great read. enjoyed every minute of it. look forward to reading the rest.

Builds on Bitterwood but Can Be Enjoyed by Itself

Disclaimer: I was given a free promo code for this book in exchange for an honest review.


Dragonforge is the sequel to James Maxey's Bitterwood.

It is the rarest of second installations in a trilogy, in that each character has their own self contained arc and the book can be enjoyed as a self contained volume. Orson Scott Card read this book first and enjoyed it so much he went back and thoroughly enjoyed the first volume as well.

If you did successfully read Bitterwood first know that the characters you know and love that survived the first book (and even a few that seemingly didn't!) are back and we get to expand the scope of the world, delve into back stories, learn starting revelations but more importantly see them grow and change in satisfying and sometimes hair-pulling ways. New characters, settings and revelations are put into action and Maxey throws things at you from out of the blue that have been carefully telegraphed from the first book.


Dragonforge contains actions, interesting and even genre bending twists and turns, philosophical musings, wry humor and more than once had me yelling at the book in excitement.


This stands as a strong second part of one of my favorite trilogies and I highly recommend it to anyone who is a genre fan that wants to try something new, different and entertaining.


The narrator from the first book and this was for the better. The new narrator made more of an effort to differentiate voices.

Not perfect, but good.

I was given this book for free in exchange for an honest review.

Ok, yes, there's a lot of gore. If that's not your thing, don't read this book. But if you don't mind, I think you'll enjoy the continuation of this dragon hunter story. I know I did!

Loved the story, Did not love the narrator

If you could sum up Dragonforge in three words, what would they be?

Excellent story line

Did the narration match the pace of the story?

Matched the pace but ran too much together and voices could have been better