Walked in Fields of Gold
Dragon Whisperer
By Vanessa Ricci-Thode
31 Mar, 2017
A Year of Waterloo Region Speculative Fiction
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To quote the biography at the end of the novel:
Vanessa has always been a bookaholic, even as a young child — making picture books before she learned to read and write. She has been writing for most of her life, completing her first novel when she was eighteen, handwriting it on a thick notepad on the floor of her bedroom. This is Vanessa’s first foray into the world of publishing, and she’s so excited that she hasn’t slept since her book was accepted.
2013’s Dragon Whisperer is a secondary world fantasy by Vanessa Ricci-Thode.
The Ovailens and Joaseras have planned an arranged marriage between their two scions, Reiser Ovailen and Vyranna Joasara. This scheme may have seemed reasonable when the two children were young, but ran aground when it became clear that Vyranna was a spiteful bully. Reiser opts out and marries another Joasara, Vyranna’s younger sister Dionelle.
Vyranna is outraged. She may despise Reiser, but he was hers. She never liked her sister anyway! She flounces out of their village and out of the plot … temporarily. Dionelle and Reiser know that she will take revenge when she can.
For now, Dionelle and her new husband have some more immediate challenges.