The King, the Wyvern, and I

by Amy Seeling

Overview

The King, the Wyvern, and I is a fast-paced fantasy-adventure that begins with a young woman on her journey to discover her past and prepare for her future destiny. Filled with colorful characters, twisting plot lines, and just enough magic to make things interesting, Amy Seeling gives this book as a gift to anyone who has ever felt neglected or bullied. Follow our young heroine as she leaves her sedentary ways behind and becomes a weapon to take back her home and avenge her family. Traverse the lands of Juna, from the cliffs of Draconia where the wyverns reign to the enchanted city of the Protectors in an epic battle of good versus evil.

About the Author

Amy Seelings works in the energy industry as a data architect and business analyst. She spends her evenings teaching martial arts and building a strong, happy community. She has owned and operated North Texas Karate Academy since 2003. The school has promoted at least eighty black belts and has won many state titles. Seeling loves to spend time with her grandchildren and pets.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781647021894
Publisher:	Dorrance Publishing Company, Inc.
Publication date:	04/10/2020
Pages:	572
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.16(d)
Age Range:	13 - 18 Years

Editorial Reviews

2022-04-17
A princess finds hidden strength and purpose in a kingdom filled with intrigue and treachery.

In this debut YA fantasy, Seeling delivers creative tweaks to familiar tropes of the genre, building a compelling world of magic, warfare, powerful evildoers, indelible dragons, loyal horses, and a princess and others tested by adversity. While the last section of this three-part epic occasionally loses momentum due primarily to overt proselytizing (Christian-based but not named as such), the author successfully navigates multiple interwoven plotlines. Love (romantic, platonic, and parental) is a recurring theme. So are betrayal, transformation, and self-discovery. Although Seeling’s villains are one-note (an evil queen, a sadistic emperor, a pair of tyrants), her heroes have strong emotional dimensions. Among them, timid book lover Princess Isladora must overcome fear, physical weakness, and a traitorous queen to save her father’s kingdom. Meluha Crocus, an ancient spirit held captive in Isladora’s magic ring, offers wisdom and guidance. Tobin, the commoner who comes into Isladora’s life, finds his nobility in words and deeds. Half dragon, half human Ariah and her wyvern (dragon) companion, Json, must escape their enslavement to fulfill a destiny they never imagined. Commander, the deposed leader of the wyverns, finds a new life underground and a nurturing imperative to aid tiny “Annites” as they face the threat of extinction from “Protectors.” (The despotic ruler of these potent Protectors, refusing to acknowledge the Annites’ existence as sentient beings, plunders their subterranean habitat for magic “frost.”) Unfortunately, Isladora begins sermonizing in earnest in Part 3 (“Meluha Crocus was the antithesis of religious, and she knew he was in pain because he wanted to believe. She prayed that God would show him the way”). Still, one of the surprises Seeling has in store for readers reveals how Meluha came to be entrapped in a ring. Other twists: the truth of Isladora’s parentage, how the wyverns bond with their half human companions, how the Annites thank Commander, and weapons and fight training. The most cinematic element in this far-reaching plot is the strange trajectory of Json and Ariah’s relationship.

Imaginative storytelling that delivers memorable characters, human and otherwise.

Kirkus Reviews