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Roll the Bones (Reckoning of Dragons Book 2) Kindle Edition

by Rob May (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.3 out of 5 stars 21 ratings
The epic fantasy trilogy continues. In a world fearfully awaiting the return of the dormant dragon god, a triumvirate of evil villains rises up to take advantage of the chaos. Reluctantly pitted against them is Kal Moonheart, an adventurer and gambler, marked for a life of danger at a young age. But Kal has friends to stand with her: honest thief Will Straightarrow, smuggler and pirate Lula Pearl, knight-errant Rafe Firehand, and wily politician Benedict Godsword. Kal’s quest for peace will take her from the tallest mountains to the deepest seas, from the darkest dungeons to the highest halls of power. All the traditional fantasy elements are here, but with the added suspense and unpredictable plots of a thriller. There will be blood. There will be a reckoning … In ROLL THE BONES, the fate of a city rests in Kal’s hands. An immortal killer stalks the streets of Amaranthium, leaving a trail of mutilated corpses in its wake. A week before the summer elections, Kal is called before a clandestine gathering of the city’s elite, and charged with ending the murders before a terrible secret can come to light—one that threatens to shake the Republic by its very foundations. As Kal hunts the killer, her courage, loyalties and heart are put to the test, and she must decide if she can trust even her closest friends.
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00HUSDVP6
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Firebound Books
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  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ 1 Jan. 2014
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 2.3 MB
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  • Reading age ‏ : ‎ 13 - 18 years
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Rob May

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Rob May is the author of Reckoning of Dragons, a series of fantasy thrillers featuring Kal Moonheart, adventurer, gambler and thief.

Rob’s other works include Alien Disaster, a science fiction adventure, and Girl Under the Gun, a modern thriller. He lives in Warwickshire, England.

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  • Andrew
    4.0 out of 5 stars Four Stars
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 20 July 2014
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    Great follow up to Dragon Killer. Fast paced and fun. Very much looking forward to Kal's next adventure.
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  • Dave Morgan
    5.0 out of 5 stars Better than book one
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 1 September 2014
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    More exciting fantasy from Rob May. Better than book one? I'm not saying. Read them both and judge for yourself. (Roll on book three)
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  • Dean
    4.0 out of 5 stars More Surprises in Store for Rob May Fans
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 20 May 2014
    Rob continues to stretch his writer’s muscles with this next installment in the series. While the prior book was fantasy-thriller, this was fantasy-action adventure. We’re also treated to a compelling courtroom drama, a who-done-it mystery, one heist-genre theft after another, and some swashbuckling picaresque characters that recall a good Robert Luis Stevenson novel. It should seem like a genre-bender, but strangely all this mayhem seems to fit solidly within the fantasy genre. I doubt a less accomplished writer could have pulled off the synthesis with the same aplomb.

    Kal holds on to a youthful spirit and a simple, straight forward nature, befitting her age, and contrasts well against this world rife with complex but ultimately unpalatable characters whose fecund natures make them ripe enough to explode from the gaseous buildup of all their internal rot. A heroine with a honest, says-what-she-means nature gives us an anchor to hold onto, what’s more, so we’re not entirely adrift amidst all the political intrigue and corruption; there’s enough of it that it’s hard not to feel, well, like we’re living in the present day. The author even managed to pull off a one liner to the effect of “it may be a snake pit, but at least these are democratic vipers!” I haven’t stopped laughing yet. Hopefully the fantasy context of the story will thus help the reader process some of his or her distaste for gridlocked government in the here and now.

    My only real sticking points with this installment were, firstly, that it took me a while to adjust into the more leisurely pace coming off of the thriller pacing of the prior novel. It actually seemed slow by comparison, at least at times, until I reminded myself, there really is a lot going on here, there’s just a different tone to the writing, and the nature of the tension is different. Secondly, some social issues are raised but never fully examined. For instance, gnomes are being used as servants in the city; this time and place’s idea of racism and discrimination. But there’s never any back story to contextualize this. There are a lot of causes for social unrest in the city of Amaranthium beyond this one. But again, they’re treated more as background noise than fully developed themes that tie into and drive the plot. A thicker, more robust-sized novel might have given the author the page count to justify building out these secondary story threads better. But it’s hard to fault a guy for trying to make a living in ebook land where it’s desperately difficult to get someone to pay more than 2.99 for an ebook, and thus harder to justify the extra page count, at least until attitudes change. And, well, in the final analysis, none of it seems to get in the way of the fun.
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  • Brendan Devereux
    5.0 out of 5 stars another fantastic read Kal Moonheart is quite possibly my favourite female ...
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 10 August 2015
    another fantastic read Kal Moonheart is quite possibly my favourite female character to date & also picked up some handy tips for my next poker night
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  • Kate Cudahy
    5.0 out of 5 stars Fantasy that packs a punch
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 15 January 2014
    In this latest addition to the 'Dragon Killer' Series, Kal Moonheart is pitted against a set of dangerous, devious enemies in a story which blurs the boundaries between fantasy and thriller.

    This is complex story-telling set at a breath-taking place with a cliff-hanger at the end of almost every chapter. Kal Moonheart is a fearless and charismatic main character who single-handedly takes on a dangerous, devious and highly corrupt set of villains. The multi-layered plot succeeds in bringing together romance, adventure, Bond-style gadgetry, political intrigue and of course dragons!

    It's refreshing to know that there are writers out there who are still prepared to take risks and resist tired and overused formulas. What more can I say? Read it!
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  • A.L. in N.S.
    5.0 out of 5 stars Kalina Moonheart comes back; wiser, stronger and more sassy than ever!
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 15 March 2014
    I was so excited when Roll the Bones came out. I loved the first book in the series so much, but I wasn't sure they’re be another. But, the stars aligned and I got a slower, more thought out, mystery / thriller of a fantasy story that jumps around the conventions of tradition Fantasy and puts you next to one of the most memorable femme fatales I've ever read; right up there with Polgara; only Polgara would scoff at the kind of mix-ups Kal gets herself into. The two character archetypes, like Polgara and Kal, represent what the last twenty years has meant to the genre. When the traditional publisher's went down, they took all those insistent story good/ evil templates with them; and as amateur "writers" have moved in to fill the void; something amazing has emerged. Fantasy worlds and characters who reflect US, the people reading the books! That's what it's all about right? And our vision of a female lead in a fantasy story has changed dramatically, and obviously if you are still considering reading book # 2 of Dragon Killer, Roll the Bones, you must agree that relating to Kalina's troubles in love, life and liberty have close associations with our own. She has no omnipotent sorcery or link to godly powers; she makes her way in the world the old fashioned way; words, knees, fists, technology, and her hard-earned guile.

    For those of you who haven't yet, get on Wattpad, an app where many of these authors flesh out their stories, and get an amazing peek into the collective, friendly and frustrating world of online writing, crowd-editing, and bloody-nosed ladder mobility that is creating a new breed of writer's who know what WE want.

    Anyway, get this book, and the first, if you haven't (it's free!), and at what they (Amazon) charges for these e books from independent authors; you can't go wrong if you are into great reads with lots of twists and turns and gut-wrenching suspense.
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  • Mike Thies
    4.0 out of 5 stars Kalina Moonheart Returns!!!
    Reviewed in the United States on 27 May 2014
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    Protagonist and Dragon Killer Extraordinaire, Kalina Moonheart, returns in Rob May’s novel, Roll the Bones. And along with Kalina, Rob May’s excellent pacing and prose style.

    In this book Rob does an extraordinary job of mixing fantasy and adventure, along with mystery. I am not going to lie that when I read this book I thought of Dan Brown, but without the bogged down descriptions. The reason I make this comparison is that Rob keeps his chapters short, allowing us as readers to breeze through the novel all in one sitting—a style very much similar to Dan Brown. Also, the mystery and suspense in it remind me of Brown’s style as well, as well as the ending actually, but since it is not overused and recycled continually it had a strangely organic feel to it.

    The greatest improvement that I noticed in this book, compared to the first book in the series, is Rob’s ability to interweave multiple story plots throughout the novel. There is Story A going on with the election, then Story B going on with trying to find a murderer who is killing off consuls in the elections, and finally we have Story C which involves a love interest to Kalina Moonheart, Will Straightarrow and his actions throughout the novel. Now, although this may sound complex, Rob does an excellent job at tackling each story line and interweaving all three of them together into one dynamic resolution.

    What jarred me as a reader, though, is when, all the sudden, we get taken back in time (that’s not clearly defined) and Kalina is remembering something that happened with her friend Ben. We go from 3rd-person limited to all of the sudden, 1st person and I didn’t know exactly why the flashbacks always occurred. Usually something triggers a flashback, but sometimes I felt as though these came on arbitrarily. On top of that, some of the scenarios were a little over the top in my opinion. For example, there is a point late in the novel, where Kal is nearly killed by a dragon and the whole place is about to explode and she and her love interest Will are taken to a tower by someone who leaves, Will leaves and both of those individuals make it out okay, but Kal has to parachute her way from the tower. I guess, why couldn’t Kal just leave easily with the rest of them? Why did this person know a parachute was going to be needed? Maybe I missed something, but it was an over-the-top instance that I think could have been planned better.

    Now, did these things detract from characterization of Kalina Moonheart, or Rob May’s prose and deftness at crafting a story? Absolutely not. Rob still shows that he has a deft hand in writing and a clear voice in telling, when he crafted this novel.
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  • Rachel Barnard
    5.0 out of 5 stars The Heroine that Will Continue to Exceed all Your Expectations
    Reviewed in the United States on 6 November 2014
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    Roll the Bones, the second book in the Kal Moonheart series, begins right where Dragon Killer leaves off, with action and adventure and Kal dropping right into the fighter woman character that she is. The opening scene involves Kal caught up in the robbery of the local gambling house by the King of Thieves. In order to pin down the thief and find out his identity Kal gets caught up in further trouble, involving murder and an ancient ghost of ancestors past.

    The Kal Moonheart series focuses much on the main character Kal Moonheart and her adventures in the fantasy world Amaranthium (and beyond). Rob May does the unpredictable and accomplishes a difficult feat in literature by not forcing the gender-neutrality, as if the world just naturally exists as it does without walls and glass ceilings and labeling people into corners. His main characters and, in fact, all females in his books overcome the fighting female trope. Kal is the what-would-happen-if-a-girl-played-this-role character that one normally sees a guy play. She isn’t just a female in a male’s role. She IS the characteristics of a macho, strong, take none of your crap character that doesn’t flaunt gender stereotypes as the norm. Rob May creates a new norm in Kal that every reader, male and female, will enjoy reading. Kal is a role model for girls in that she doesn’t have to overcome the prejudices of being female or a woman, she just is herself. I love her for this and you will too (or you might not even notice and just enjoy her story and how she kicks butt).

    She is more than just a role model for girls, she is a role model for any reader because she is confident and collected. She doesn’t get carried away by emotions or let herself get weakened by pain or failure. On the other hand, she isn’t too fictional because she doesn’t always win. She isn’t invincible, just impervious to pain. She can get hurt. She can get caught. It is the way she evades death and despair and the way she gets out of the more rough situations that makes her a true hero.

    If Kal wasn’t enough woman for you, one of the more aggressive characters is also female, which is unusual for most novels. Those in power and those who are more war-oriented are generally male, but Rob May breaks these stereotypes by giving us General Cassava, another strong woman and character.

    Roll the Bones continues the intermingling of one of Kal’s past adventures with her exciting present predicament so the reader once again gets two stories in one. Rob May also continues to interweave the characters from book one into book two, giving us more background information on Kal’s benefactor Ben.

    I recommend this book for anyone who enjoys the adventures and strength of Tarzan, the fun cockiness of Crocodile Dundee, or a novel with a young kick-butt female hero.
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  • Tina
    4.0 out of 5 stars Roll the Bones
    Reviewed in the United States on 9 November 2016
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    This continuation of the Dragon Killer story line didn't have the same exciting start as book one, but as the story progressed I was caught up in this slowly-built plot and was soon enjoying the ride… in fact, despite the slow build up, I think I enjoyed this one better. Great plot, lots of villains, surprising twists, and lots plenty of action. A fun read.
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  • Matthew G.
    5.0 out of 5 stars I'm happy with it
    Reviewed in the United States on 14 April 2015
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    i thought it was a great book.
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  • Jcat
    3.0 out of 5 stars Book Two continues with Kal and Ben,
    Reviewed in the United States on 18 August 2014
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    And adds more characters to fill out this unusual World. The writing is good, as it was in the first book. Well proofread. The ending is not a cliffhanger. The action is fast, and there is also a reasonably good murder mystery to fill it out. Surprises until the final few pages.

    It was an OK read, but I still believe that (like the first book), the World Building could be more complete. Another issue for me was the frequent jumping from past to present--it felt awkward. I would, however, still be interested enough to read another in the series, as there's a lot of potential here.
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