“Kang builds a beautifully balanced world with stirring characters and an unpredictable plot in this epic series that’s finely crafted down to the last detail.”– Emily R. King, author of the Hundredth Queen seriesOnly the lost magic of Dragon Songs can save the world.The Dragon Singers of old summoned typhoons and routed armies, liberating mankind from the orcs before fading into legend. Now, … from the orcs before fading into legend. Now, with evil stirring and hostile empires on the rise, the power of music stirs in Kaiya, a gangly misfit with the perfect voice.
Without a master to guide her, she must rely on the lessons of a foreign paladin, an enigmatic doctor, a flippant elf lord, and an evil sorcerer to rediscover lost magic. Yet doing so means taking dire risks…
Because invoking a Dragon Song can kill you.
Download the Special Edition Box Set to experience epic battles, deep-rooted conspiracies, and the magic of music. Includes:
- Songs of Insurrection
- Orchestra of Treacheries
- Dances of Deception
- Symphony of Fates.
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One of the few series in the epic fantasy genre that stands out as both very original and truly imaginative. The world-building of this collection is superb. Bravo Mr. Kang.
A reading feast to be savored.
Highly recommend. More twists and turns than the mountain highway in Saluda, N.C. Enjoyed it so much I am reading it a second time.!
Action-packed, thematic, page-turner, well-written
This is an excellent series of four books. It is not really a tale of dragons, it is a story full of intrigue, magic, treachery, excitement and suspense.
In SONGS OF INSURRECTION (Book 1) Kaiya is innocent, brave and has hidden depths. She is manipulated from every angle and your heart aches for her. Hardeep is fascinating but you can not help but wonder what his motivation is. Jie and Tian’s characters are great, the hints of attraction, their martial skills and their subterfuge all adds to the books excitement. You are unsure right to the end as to who are traitors and who are not.
ORCHESTRA OF TREACHERIES (Book 2) is my favourite book, it has plots inside of plots. Betrayal, magic, dark secrets, romance and unexpected twists all make for a thrilling storyline that keeps you on the edge of your seat. The twists in this story are amazing, making for an exhilarating, gripping tale with a touch of humour. Kaiya is a target from all sides, naively unaware of her precarious position. She slowly gains political incite as her magical talents continue to grow, while still managing to remain pure of heart. I loved the subtle political wrangling, the treachery and intrigue in this story and try as you might you are unable to guess who is masterminding the interweaving, complex plots.
In DANCES OF DECEPTION (Book 3) we are taken away from the intrigues of Kaiya’s home province and plunged into a thrilling adventure in the north. She finds herself and her friends running for their lives and facing horrors that her privileged life had protected her from. They face war, brutality, battles, hardship and devastating losses but they also gain new friends, rekindle old relationships, grow and learn a lot about themselves. This story contained more personal growth, loss, atrocity, romance and adventure than in the the first two books. The plots and intrigue are still masterfully interwoven throughout and events towards the end of the book leave you shocked.
SYMPHONY OF FATES (Book 4) is a satisfying end to the saga. It is full of twists, surprises, and revelations. The unraveling of the various plots, subplots, and intrigues is very well done and it is great to have all the schemes, betrayals and secrets of this epic fantasy unraveled at last. The story keeps your attention glued to the page as everything is exposed, the intertwining destinies and pasts come together and the fate of Hua and its inhabitants is decided.
This is an excellent fantasy series that has great descriptive writing, a gripping, intriguing plot and really engaging characters that I hope to hear more of in future stories.
Sometimes words like “epic”, “imaginative” and “powerful” are bandied around too frequently. Other times, if anything, they’re an understatement. JC Kang’s The Dragon Songs Saga is an example of the latter. These books are ridiculously imaginative in the world-building and character-building by the author. Totally different (though I think I can see the Japanese heritage with its geisha, samurai, ninja assassins and cultural structure generally) but absolutely genuine from the biggest details to the tiniest. Add that to individual book plots and an overarching story arc that, well, that frankly blows my mind and makes epic an understatement. I had intended to read these books over the course of a week or so but they were so good, so addictive, that I ended up binge-reading them through the night. Not good physically (and I’m in a hospital right now and the nurses and physical therapists were very much not happy with me), but the enjoyment was soooo worthwhile to the spirit. But for the fact that I’m literally dictating this review to my husband from my hospital bed I could go on and on with praises. This series definitely deserves it. Since I can’t do that I will simply note that the series is most definitely one to read, and it is easy to highly recommend each of the books in it. That newcomers can grab on to all four books at the ridiculously low price they’re charged at? The steal of the year.
Well worth the 99 cent price of admission. This saga gives you many pages to turn with plot twists and intrigues galore. A lot are predictable and some are resolved with a surprise inserted paragraph that explains some long lost mythology that suddenly comes into play with no foreshadowing, but hey…it was 99 cents. The writing could use some serious editing, for example, the main character was described as gangly and pimply on nearly every page of the first 40 pages, the names of characters are extremely similar so the pronoun reference errors throughout are especially difficult to back track and decipher, and there are a large number of irregular verb errors and just wrong verbs. While annoying, these things did not take away from the overall story. The rather sudden shift in handling the main character about 3/4 of the way through was questionable and the author does not understand either women or rape, but he is not very focused on the sexual scenes and would rather describe troop movements, so that is for the best. Entertaining for the saga and plot twists; less so for the writing and characterizations. PS – if you are looking for a dragon book, this is not it…it has very little to do with dragons or dragon songs.