<p>Daven Carrickson is no longer the beggar the shepherd boy the failed wizard. Conquering kings and monsters has made him into something more: the Dragonprince. Now the Dragonprince&#39;s Legacy continues as Daven battles <em>A Darkness in the East</em>.</p><p>Shortly after the events described in <em>The Dragonswarm</em> Daven must pursue a solo mission against an enemy more terrible than any he has faced before. But as powerful and as dangerous as the new adversary is to Daven&#39;s fragile peace it&#39;s Daven&#39;s heart that faces the greatest peril. Hints and rumors suggest this strange new threat is one of Daven&#39;s closest allies and the closer he comes the more he fears that the monster torturing the people of the eastern plains is his own bonded dragon Vechernyvetr.</p><p><em>A Darkness in the East</em> is the first of five novellas continuing the story of Daven Dragonprince and his elite cadre of dragonriders known as The Dragonprince&#39;s Arrows. Approximately 85 pages (21000 words).</p>