Centyr Dominance

Michael G. Manning

May 2016 · Champions of the Dawning Dragons Book 2 · Michael Manning

About this eBook

Moira Illeniel was the name she lived by, but her true heritage was more complicated than that. From birth, she was the secretly adopted daughter of the most powerful wizard in the world, but few knew that her true birthright came from the Centyr lineage. Traveling to Dunbar to discover the fate of her vanished father, Moira must face the darker aspects of her power. Forced to fight a foe unlike anything seen before in Lothion, she will learn the reason for the warnings her mother’s shade gave her—why certain abilities should never be used and some lines never crossed—for some doors once opened, might never be closed again.

Ratings and reviews

Maybe its because a lot of the other stories were original in other ways, or maybe the character just isn't as interesting, but this title didnt hit the same level as the previous ones for me. I still very much enjoyed it and it was nice to see Chad get fleshed out- some genuine laugh out loud moments. Looking forward to the next book. I just wish I didn't have to wait!

Another excellent book from one of my favourite authors and I couldn't put this one down, finshing it in a few hours. I really enjoyed the characters and how they grew with the experiences they encountered. The new enemy is powerful and with tie ins to the prequel series and the scene towards the end was very touching and beautifully written. I can not wait for the sequel.

I really don't understand how anyone could make a novel so dark, suspenseful, and outright gory but also keep the lighthearted humor to such a perfect degree. I read this in less than a dayh and immediately when on to finish this series. If you like fantasy, read these books!

About the author

Michael Manning was born in Cleveland, Texas and spent his formative years there, reading fantasy and science fiction, concocting home grown experiments in his backyard, and generally avoiding schoolwork.

Eventually he went to college, starting at Sam Houston State University, where his love of beer blossomed and his obsession with playing role-playing games led him to what he calls 'his best year ever' and what most of his family calls 'the lost year'.

Several years and a few crappy jobs later, he decided to pursue college again and was somehow accepted into the University of Houston Honors program (we won't get into the particulars of that miracle).  This led to a degree in pharmacy and it followed from there that he wound up with a license to practice said profession.

Unfortunately, Michael was not a very good pharmacist.  Being relatively lawless and free spirited were not particularly good traits to possess in a career focused on perfection, patient safety, and the letter-of-the-law.  Nevertheless, he persisted and after a stint as a hospital pharmacy manager wound up as a pharmacist working in correctional managed care for the State of Texas.

He gave drugs to prisoners.

After a year or two at UTMB he became bored and taught himself entirely too much about networking, programming, and database design and administration.  At first his supervisors warned him (repeatedly) to do his assigned tasks and stop designing programs to help his coworkers do theirs, but eventually they gave up and just let him do whatever he liked since it seemed to be generally working out well for them.

Ten or eleven years later and he got bored with that too.  So he wrote a book.  We won't talk about where he was when he wrote 'The Blacksmith's Son', but let's just assume he was probably supposed to be doing something else at the time.

Some people liked the book and told other people.  Now they won't leave him alone.

After another year or two, he decided to just give up and stop pretending to be a pharmacist/programmer, much to the chagrin of his mother (who had only ever wanted him to grow up to be a doctor and had finally become content with the fact that he had settled on pharmacy instead).

Michael's wife supported his decision, even as she stubbornly refused to believe he would make any money at it.  It turned out later that she was just telling him this because she knew that nothing made Michael more contrary than his never ending desire to prove her wrong.  Once he was able to prove said fact she promptly admitted her tricky ruse and he has since given up on trying to win.

Today he lives at home with his stubborn wife, teenage twins, a giant moose-poodle, two yorkies, a green-cheeked conure, a massive prehistoric tortoise, and a head full of imaginary people.  There are also some fish, but he refuses to talk about them.