FANDOM NAME: A Gathering of Dragons, a book series by Milla Vane
WHAT MAKES IT GREAT: Barbarians! Falling slowly in love! Politics and assassinations! A complicated motive about the value of truth. DINOSAURS.
Imagine the Dothraki trying to work out peace between very different tribes and peoples in a world where dinosaurs still roam in the wilds (not very bountiful, but still there), dark magic turns creatures into zombies, and Gods meddle in human affairs.
A generation ago the Destroyer raged over the world and left a trail of death, dark magic, and destruction. The Destroyer was barely held back by several tribes, city-states and people forming an alliance, and while it worked, the politics and scheming make the peace and cooperation fragile.
Now the world is slowly recovering, but rumors grow that the Destroyer might be returning. So when a people's leaders are murdered it sets the alliance tumbling at the worst possible moment. Unless the marriage of convenience between a Barbarian leader and a cast-out City-State queen can restore the balance and start a true alliance to fight back against the Destroyer.
Some prominent tropes: Found Family, Marriage of Convenience, Post-Apocalypse, Enemies To Lovers (Lovers to Enemies to Lovers in book 2).
For fans of Barbarians, Fantasy Romance, the work of Meljean Brook (Milla Vane is a pseudonym)
It's a Barbarian romance series, so there's a lot of violence and gore, and it's a pretty dark and brutal world. Content warnings from the author here (https://millavane.com/books/content-warning/). All sex between main characters is consensual though.
WHERE CAN I FIND IT?(optional): It's a book series currently consisting out of two novels and a novella, so wherever you get those where you are.
A Gathering of Dragons - Milla Vane
WHAT MAKES IT GREAT:
Barbarians! Falling slowly in love! Politics and assassinations! A complicated motive about the value of truth. DINOSAURS.
Imagine the Dothraki trying to work out peace between very different tribes and peoples in a world where dinosaurs still roam in the wilds (not very bountiful, but still there), dark magic turns creatures into zombies, and Gods meddle in human affairs.
A generation ago the Destroyer raged over the world and left a trail of death, dark magic, and destruction. The Destroyer was barely held back by several tribes, city-states and people forming an alliance, and while it worked, the politics and scheming make the peace and cooperation fragile.
Now the world is slowly recovering, but rumors grow that the Destroyer might be returning. So when a people's leaders are murdered it sets the alliance tumbling at the worst possible moment. Unless the marriage of convenience between a Barbarian leader and a cast-out City-State queen can restore the balance and start a true alliance to fight back against the Destroyer.
Some prominent tropes: Found Family, Marriage of Convenience, Post-Apocalypse, Enemies To Lovers (Lovers to Enemies to Lovers in book 2).
For fans of Barbarians, Fantasy Romance, the work of Meljean Brook (Milla Vane is a pseudonym)
It's a Barbarian romance series, so there's a lot of violence and gore, and it's a pretty dark and brutal world. Content warnings from the author here (https://millavane.com/books/content-warning/). All sex between main characters is consensual though.
WHERE CAN I FIND IT?(optional):
It's a book series currently consisting out of two novels and a novella, so wherever you get those where you are.