Obsidian Chronicles series book 01

11-year-old Arlian's village is destroyed by dragons, and he, the sole survivor,
is enslaved by the minions of Lord Dragon. Raised as a mine slave, at 18 Arlian
escapes into the arms of the inmates of the House of Carnal Society. When that
brothel is burned and its women abducted by Lord Dragon, Arlian's quest for
vengeance intensifies. Under the tutelage of a caravan guard named Black, he
learns swordsmanship and trading, and gains great wealth. Using the name Lord
Obsidian, Arlian pursues both Lord Dragon's minions and the noble owners of
the Carnal House, but his hunt is deterred by two shattering discoveries: that
vengeance is, after all, distasteful to him; and that his childhood encounter
with dragons has made him like his enemiesAnearly immortal, charismatic and
eligible to join the ruling Dragon Society. Any reluctance to pursue his
vendetta leaves Arlian, however, when he discovers that Lord Dragon is not only
a sadist but possibly a traitor to the Dragon Society. Watt-Evans's plot strongly
resembles that of The Count of Monte Cristo, but he turns it to his own purposes
and produces a thoroughly absorbing tale. His writing is clean of the purple
prose that mars so much fantasy, and the book poses many provocative ethical
questions about the similarity between the righteous man and the unjust.

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