More than seventy years have passed since Neirin du Lac was banished from the dragon clans he called home. Though he misses them, he and his dragon Troyes have built a happy life with his lover Barra, and their friends Devlin and Midnight. It is a not a life he would ever trade, not even for a chance to return to the clans.
Then the very last person he ever expected to see again comes begging for help: Prince Avalon Pendragon, ruler of the clans, a man Neirin once called friend, once wished to call lover. When Avalon tells him why he needs Neirin's help, it's not a request he can refuse, nor can his friends refuse to help him.
But the people bold enough to steal from the clans are not to be trifled with, and in the midst of fighting for their lives Neirin also finds himself caught between the man he loves now and the man he never truly left behind…
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My Review: (Thanks to NetGalley)
>>>>>SPOILERS!!!<<<<<<
This was a book set in the past, made up of three parts from three different views.
I love how Megan is slowly bringing all the different elements, stories, and people from her DWTD series in together. A couple of examples: The house fire that 'killed' the 'Mad Duke' that was previously mentioned happened in this book and the gloves that Devlin uses in Shield of the King were introduced.
The actually story was good, though I did find myself a bit annoyed with all the running around and how Avalon's story was hinted on but not explained for the first two thirds of the book. I can understand keeping it a surprise but I enjoyed re-reading the book more when I knew what all the vague references were about.
Now the big spoiler: OMG Prince Avalon is Sable's 'son'?! Or more accurately, he holds part of Sable in him, giving him some of the powers of a demon ('Princeling of Storms', so cute!) but also most of the restrictions when it comes to remaining in territories. I now desperately want to know if Chris, Sable's consort will find out about the relationship and also if he and Devlin are related. It really is coming around full circle/ being more entwined than I thought.
The only negative that really annoyed me, was the confusion around Sable's summoning's. (date's here are approximate, because I'm going from memory and there have been conflicting mentions) There must have been a couple but it's not really explained. In one book it's mentioned he was in a mirror and had been summoned by a cruel man who tried to summon many more demons but failed (except for one other)? Then it was mentioned that he was summoned in the fifteenth/sixteenth century to hep 'create' Avalon. Then in this one he says in the current timeline (19th century) that if he was around as long as Avalon had been (300 years-ish), he would need a consort, yet he doesn't meet Chris for at least another hundred years? So was he summoned to create Avalon, and then again in between that event and the books current day?
Apart from this little hiccup, this was a great book and I'm glad Megan was talked into writing it (by her partner and her sister I think I read somewhere). I'll be devastated when the next and final book in the series 'Dance in the Storm' comes out.
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