Dragon Centurion

Book 1

By: Sarah Hawke

Narrated by: Serena Moon

A human warrior with untapped power. An elven princess with a dark secret. A fated union to save the future of dragonkind.

Sol Farric is a short-lived human in an empire ruled by ageless elves. When he is unexpectedly victorious in the season’s largest gladiatorial tournament, he becomes a contender to win the greatest prize of all: the right to become the bonded mate of Dragon Princess Kyriel and sire the next generation of Wyrm Lords.

But it won't be easy. The leaders of the Great Houses want the princess for themselves, and they will stop at nothing to prevent the “lowly human” from claiming the woman they believe is rightfully theirs.

Dragon Centurion is the first book in a serialized arc of novels combining sword and sorcery action with a slow burn fated romance.

©2025 Sarah Hawke (P)2025 Royal Guard Publishing LLC

Short but fun

It certainly seems closer to a short story than full novel but I enjoyed it. It also is better that I got the crash course on the world building and politics in the Dragon Sovereign series. The narrator did a fine job and I look forward to completing the series

Good start with an abrupt stop

The story is good, The world is a bit wonky but I expect it will flesh outt more in books to come. The characters for the most part are pretty well written with the usual troupes. Only real complaint would be how it just stops. This book did not end, it jiust suddenly stopped. Kind of feels like someone picked a random spot in a larger book and removed everything after. I suspect it was supposed to be a cliff hanger ending but if thats the case it failed spectacularly. Even with that I'm still looking forward to more in this series.

only half of a book

I guess there wasn't enough in the budget for a male narrator.
I agree with previous reviews that this feels like half of a story. not much happens in the way of action. Just a lot noble posturing and whining.

Dragon Sovereign was a lot better than this.

Weird quirks in this one

There are some odd inconsistencies in this book. And it ends just when it starts to feel like it’s getting going which leaves me not knowing how to feel. But I’m leaning more positive than negative.

*some minor spoilers*

Like, this is a Matriarchal kingdom that serves under a patriarchal empire, how could you think men aren’t wise enough to rule when your Emperor is man? Why doesn’t it cross anyone’s mind to even attempt to try and teach the MC how to shift? Why are people worried about the MCs longevity once we think he’s a dragon? Don’t know why or how the race of the visage would affect longevity, a dragons a dragon right?

Sarah is a talented storyteller

Developing characters to the point readers care about them is not easy but Sarah makes it happen in all of her works. I enjoyed this book and she makes me want to hear the next book.