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Domesticating Dragons
- Narrated by: Austin Rising
- Length: 10 hrs and 59 mins
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Summary
Build-a-Bear Workshop meets Jurassic Park when a newly graduated genetic engineer goes to work for a company that aims to produce custom-made dragons
Noah Parker, a newly minted PhD, is thrilled to land a dream job at Reptilian Corp., the hottest tech company in the American Southwest. He's eager to put his genetic engineering expertise to use designing new lines of Reptilian's feature product: living, breathing dragons.
Although highly specialized dragons have been used for industrial purposes for years, Reptilian is desperate to crack the general retail market. By creating a dragon that can be the perfect family pet, Reptilian hopes to put a dragon into every home.
While Noah's research may help Reptilian create truly domesticated dragons, Noah has a secret goal. With his access to the company's equipment and resources, Noah plans to slip changes into the dragons' genetic code, bending the company's products to another purpose entirely....
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- E M Gait
- 22-04-21
so loved this book
loved this book it was a joy to listen to the narration was excellent
it had me laughing on and off all the way through and I will definitely be reading it again and again
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- Mark Chitty
- 11-01-24
Great idea that's executed well
Domesticating Dragons is Dan Koboldt’s latest novel, billed as Build-A-Bear workshop meets Jurassic Park where dragons are now a very real part of the world. I read Koboldt’s debut trilogy, Gateways to Alissia (The Rogue Retrieval, The Island Deception, The World Awakening) and enjoyed the portal fantasy tale a great deal. I was interested to see what Koboldt had in store here, and whether it would be as interesting and as exciting as it first seemed.
Reptilian Corp. have the dragon market in their hands being the only company able to design dragons and successfully print them to eggs. They’ve been doing this for some years now, with dragons used for many industrial applications, though mostly for animal control on farmland where wild hogs have become a blight to crops and livestock. Being designed specifically for a purpose, and with a lifespan measured in days, they do the job well. But Reptilian Corp. have their eyes on another market: pets. With the worldwide dog population all but decimated by a highly infectious disease, they can see dragons filling a much-missed part of life. But things aren’t quite as simple as they seem, and dampening the natural predator instinct from the dragons proves very difficult. That is until Noah Parker comes along with some fresh ideas, and also some very personal motivations…
The first thing to say about Domesticating Dragons is just what a fantastic idea it is, and how well Koboldt implements it. While it could easily have been quite bogged down in the detail of designing the dragons, it manages to give enough to explain the process without going over the top. However, saying that, there is a good deal of the process in the pages and it’s all very fascinating, with Koboldt using his background in genetics research to good use. I was fully invested in the background detail, which made it all the more realistic. Not only does the knowledge come through, but the way in which its implemented within the context of the story is great – a simulation programme that will take the genetic tweaks made to the base dragon design and show what is expected as the end result. It just works so well.
While designing the dragons is the obvious hook here, it’s not what makes the story as strong as it is – that would be the characters, and especially our main protagonist Noah. Freshly qualified and with a personal mission, Reptilian Corp. is the ideal place for him to work. He’s relatable, easy going, and charming – the kind of person you’d want to be friends with. The way we see more of his character as the story progresses, and some of his personal history that gives more insight into his goals, is done seamlessly. Koboldt doesn’t stop here though, with almost every character having depth to them, though there were one or two from the design team that came across as somewhat stereotyped.
The way the story progresses and how we learn a little more of Noah, his family, and his past, as well as plenty about the dragons, is great. The chapters are relatively short, making them a quick read that always entices you to read just one more. Everything develops nicely, though with perhaps one or two conveniences, and it’s easy to lose track of time as the pages turn.
Ultimately I thoroughly enjoyed Domesticating Dragons. It’s entertaining, interesting, and Koboldt does a fantastic job of keeping the pace steady and consistent. All-in-all a fantastic, and definitely different, follow-up to his debut trilogy. I’ll take more of this, please!
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