Dragon Hunters

by Dave Transou

Overview

Ten thousand seasons have passed since the end of the First DragonHawk War and the collapse of the Star Empire. DragonHawks and Dragon Hunters have faded into obscurity. The Star Trader Galaxy is a shadow of the old Star Empire and its inhabitants, the Star Traders, a far cry from their Star Folk ancestors.

The InWorlds are entangled in a long and bloody war that will see the death of the Royal Republics and the rise of the Planetary Corporations. Their colonies in the OutWorlds, cut off from their royal masters by the war, have declared their own independence and struggle to organize their own Frontier Council.

The Star Traders walk a thin, dangerous line. Declaring their neutrality in the struggle of the Royal Republics, they nonetheless open their Trade Stations to the warring faction, making tremendous profit from the business of war. Independent Traders from all of the Families are flocking to the OutWorlds to trade with the struggling colonies. Meanwhile, the old legends are coming back to haunt the Star Traders as rumors of DragonHawks, Dragon Hunters are whispered about the Trade.

A surprise attack on a neutral system…

An attack on the StarHawke Tycho by Dragon Hunters…

The discovery of a young female DragonHawk living among the Tolen Star Traders…

A Black Dragon on Conborine…

The events challenge the StarHawke Tycho Makala Hawkes, his wife, the formidable Lady Mani Hawkes, and their sons Elias Hawkes and Bane Sollar as the Drakkon of Tycho and their fierce Hawkkur Legion prepare for the Return of the Great Dragon, the DragonHawk who will restore the Star Empire and bring peace to the Thousand Galaxies of the Known Universe.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940045332118
Publisher:	Dave Transou
Publication date:	08/18/2013
Sold by:	Smashwords
Format:	eBook
File size:	501 KB

About the Author

I retired from the U.S. Navy in 1992 as a Senior Chief Machinist Mate, MMCS(SS). Since then I have been working in the training and development field while I work on my writing.

I was born in Houston, Texas, but grew up in Baytown, just down the road. I graduated from Ross S. Sterling High School in 1971.

As soon as I could I joined the Navy, retiring 21 years later. I was assigned to the Machinery Division, Generator Gang on USS Forrestall, CVA-59, Auxiliary Division on USS Detroit, AOE-4, where I also qualified as Machinist Mate of the Watch in the Aft Engineroom. I was a Company Commander at RTC Orlando, Fl., leading six companies of recruits through Navy Boot Camp before volunteering for submarine duty in 1981.

I served as Auxiliary Division Chief on the USS John Adams, SSBN-620 (Gold) out of Charleston, SC; a Ship Control Instructor and a member of the Curriculum and Instructional Standards Office at the TRIDENT Training Facility at the Bangor Submarine Base, WA; and as the Auxiliary Division Chief and Maintenance Coordinator on the USS Aspro, SSN-648, in Pearl Harbor, HI until we retired in 1992.

My wife Cindy, our three sons David, Will, and James, and I moved back to the Houston area after I retired. We wanted the boys, who grew up in Navy towns - Norfolk, Orlando, Charleston, Bremerton, and Pearl Harbor, to have an opportunity to learn about our families. So we moved back into the middle of them! I started by “civilian” career as an Instructional Designer and Training Developer in the oil and gas industry where I am still employed.

At least until I sell enough books...

As for the writing, I’ve been writing the DragonHawk Saga for some time now, albiet in bits and pieces from writing endeavours that were primarily designed to entertain myself during long underway times. There’s ten main stories in the Saga, some of them are already partially written. I hope you enjoy them!