Its an adult work, something the kids should not read until they are 18 years old. That is okay though because I hope when they are old enough they can appreciate it. Sex and violence are tropes we find prevalent in our society today. It is one part rebellion and one part the need for more and more spice to engage the senses. I want to be a great storyteller and a good writer. I want to challenge people and their ideas. I am hoping Black Dragon Mambo challenges me in some of the same ways I hope it challenges you.
Dragons would be difficult to feature in a modern urban fantasy setting. Where are they hiding? How do creatures the size of elephants, at least, engage a world where our satellites can see words written on a page? Writing dragons cannot be easy unless we change, ever so slightly, what the premise of a dragon is.
In Black Dragon Mambo dragons are still the fierce predators of old, but they take on the forms of men to work in the world. Some change forms and some keep the same form they have head for thousands of years. Dragons have their shadows however, and are very hard to kill. Most of their magic resides in their shadows. It is said that for a dragon, the color of their heart resides in their hair but the color of their soul resides in their eyes.
The story revolves around the last of the Black Dragon Temple. There are 13 when the story begins, far less than any other temple. They are feared by many and some of the other temples hold a grudge from the Kaoskampf – the Chaos War between Marduk and Tiamat, mother of all dragons. In that war, the Black Dragons were the only ones to side with Marduk who, though he lost to Tiamat still managed to bring about the world of men. Even today no one understands why the Black Dragon’s stood against their brothers and sisters.
Driven to the new world, the Black Dragon temple has protected the natives of North and South America the best way they can as well as the millions of immigrants who have come to her shores. The annual convocation is being held in the lands of the Black Dragon temple and into this mix of politics and bad blood comes rumors that some among the convocation want to breed a new temple to replace the Black…
Sex, violence, politics, and more sex.
Gear Up!
SMH