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* ThreeFacesOfEve: The Goddess of Lanen's religion is depicted varyingly as a young woman, a mother, and an old lady.
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A FantasyLiterature trilogy about love, duty, history, culture, linguistics... and dragons. [[OurDragonsAreDifferent Lots and lots of dragons.]] [[MarketBasedTitle Occasionally known as]] ''The Tale of Lanen Kaelar'', the original novel (''Song in the Silence'') was penned in 1997 by Elizabeth Kerner. However, it [[TwoPartTrilogy became a trilogy]] in 2001, with the addition of a sequel, ''The Lesser Kindred,'' which [[SequelHook lead straight into]] 2004's ''Redeeming the Lost''. The series is notable for the fact that, while it is always told in FirstPersonPerspective, the actual narrator differs from scene to scene, giving [[PerspectiveFlip different perspectives and viewpoints on what happened.]] The story begins with [[FramingDevice an old and storied heroine, writing down her memoirs of her youth,]] and the perspective flips represent her asking her friends and loved ones for their input on what actually happened.
Lanen Kaelar's [[DisappearedDad father has just died,]] leaving her in possession of a [[FarmGirl large horse ranch.]] She could stay to take over the farm and marry a local boy, but ever since she was a little girl, Lanen has dreamed of adventure. More than anything else, she wants to meet True Dragons--not the small, winged reptiles that haunt the local woods, but the actual, fire-breathing, building-sized, sapient creatures spoken of in legend and song. There is a far-off island in the middle of the sea where dragons are still said to reside, but the waters around it are treacherous and most who have sailed towards it have never returned. But there is hope: On that island grow mystical trees known as lansip trees, whose [[HealingHerb leaves can make a regenerative tea]] and whose [[{{Panacea}} rare fruits can cure anything short of death itself]]. And Lanen chances upon an enterprising merchant who's setting an expedition to that island...
At first, things go well for Lanen. She makes it to the island, she harvests several bagfuls of the valuable lansip leaves, and, one night, when she sneaks out of camp, she has a rendezvous with an immense silver dragon named Akhor. The two quickly hit it off and forge an [[OddCouple unlikely friendship.]] But not all is well. For the merchant who organized the expedition? He's trafficking with ''demons,'' and he has a history with Lanen--and his demonic friends want her soul. As for Akhor, her draconic ally? He's actually the ''king'' of his people, and many of them have a [[HumansAreBastards long-standing grudge against humanity]]. Despite everything that happens, Lanen and Akhor quickly find themselves [[InterspeciesRomance falling in love.]] But will Lanen escape the demonic clutches of the ones persuing her? And with Akhor be able to persuade his people that HumansAreSpecial?
The [[TwoPartTrilogy two sequels]] concern Lanen's quest to free the Lesser Kindred--the [[ChekhovsGunman small and mindless winged reptiles off-handedly mentioned in the first book.]] As Lanen learns from Akhor, these were once true dragons, just like him--but a powerful human demon summoner attacked them, reducing them to their current state. She believes that she and her beloved, working together, have the power to restore them--she's even had [[PropheticDreamsForEveryone prophetic dreams]] that she believes to be [[MissionFromGod from her goddess]] that tell her as much. But the demonic forces pursuing her haven't let up. And a great cataclysm is looming in the world--one that threatens the existence of the entire dragon race. With allies both old and new in tow, Lanen must save the Lesser Kindred, the lives of those closest to her, and even the world.
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'''This series contains examples of:'''
* AlwaysChaoticEvil[=/=]AlwaysLawfulGood: Demons and Kantri, respectively. This is explained in the world's CreationMyth: When the intelligent races of the world came into being, the gods gave each race a choice between good or evil. Demons chose to be AlwaysChaoticEvil, and to balance them out, Kantri chose AlwaysLawfulGood. [[TakeAThirdOption Humans chose the ability to choose.]]
* DragonHoard: Humans naturally believe that dragons keep these, and with every expedition that arrives on the island, at least one person tries to sneak off to steal dragon treasure. In reality, the Kantri's hoard of gems are from the bodies of [[DueToTheDead their deceased]], and as for the gold? [[spoiler: Kantri naturally turn the ground where they sleep into gold.]]
* FantasticFruitsAndVegetables: Lansip. The leaves alone slow aging and are a general cure for aches and pains, the fruits are nothing short of a {{panacea}}. However, it's never successfully been cultivated on the mainland, despite many attempts. [[spoiler: It's because it needs dragon dung to grow.]]
* [[spoiler: FourthDateMarriage]]: [[spoiler: Lanen and Akhor "marry" one another, by dragon standards, less than a week after meeting. However, they don't get married by human standards until several months later.]]
* FramingDevice: The books are told from the point of view of an old Lanen, who has since become a legendary heroine, recounting her memoirs so as to set the record straight on what ''really'' happened. The point-of-view switches represent her friends and allies filling in the gaps for events she wasn't present for.
* InnocentInaccurate: Akhor and his people do not like to be called "dragons" as this is a human term, instead preferring their name for their people, Kantri. Lanen retorts that, by the same logic, he should call her a "human" instead of a "Gedri." They both agree to use the proper terms for one another.
* InterspeciesRomance: Lanen and Akhor. [[spoiler: But not for long. Their gods give them two options: Lanen can become one of the Kantri, she and Akhor can live long and happy lives together, but they will die without ever reviving the Lesser Kindred. Or Akhor can become a human, and while their lives will be short, the Lesser Kindred will be saved. The latter is what happens, and Akhor becomes a human named Varien.]]
* MayflyDecemberRomance: Dragons can live upwards of 2000 years. Akhor knows this, but he still chooses to be with Lanen. [[spoiler: Tragically turned around when Akhor gets injured and begins to die, leaving him to remark that he should have mourned her all his life, instead of the other way around. [[ThePowerOfLove He gets better.]]]]
* MissionFromGod: Lanen's Goddess and Akhor's Winds seem to take a rather active interest in their lives.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: Their name for themselves is "Kantri," they have {{Power Crystal}}s on their foreheads that contain a part of their soul, they're telepaths, and they give live birth, among ''many'' other things.
* {{Panacea}}: Lansip fruit will heal anything short of actual death. [[spoiler: One saves Lanen's life after she helps deliver a dragon baby.]]
* ParentalSubstitute: Lanen was never close to her father, so she instead made good friends with one of his farmhands, Jamie. He served as her father figure most of her life. As it turns out, he was friends with her mother--and may in fact be her biological father. [[spoiler: Sadly, he isn't--[[JerkAss Marik]] is. But Lanen decides that for all intents and purposes, [[HappilyAdopted she accepts Jamie as her true father.]]]]
* PowerCrystal: All [[OurDragonsAreDifferent Kantri]] have one on their foreheads, known as a soulgem. It's the only thing that remains of their bodies after death, and certain among them can use those gems to conduct a seance with the deceased. [[spoiler: The Lesser Kindred became what they are because a human demon-summoner forcibly ripped their soulgems from them, [[AndIMustScream leaving their consciousness trapped within]].]]
* ThePowerOfLove: [[spoiler: Transforms Akhor into the human Varien.]]
* SurpriseIncest: [[spoiler: Lanen briefly falls for Marik, before realizing later that he is her biological father. Given this and [[JerkAss Marik's attitude,]] she is about as disgusted as you might expect.]]
* ThreeFacesOfEve: The Goddess of Lanen's religion is depicted varyingly as a young woman, a mother, and an old lady.
* TwoPartTrilogy: In addition to being written some time after the original book, the second book has a CliffHanger ending while the original has more closure. In addition, both the second and third books follow a single story, while the first book has more closure.
* WhiteHairedPrettyBoy: [[spoiler: Varien]] is a heroic version.
* WorthlessYellowRocks: [[spoiler: Kantri turn the ground where they sleep into gold, so it's commonplace to them. Akhor is shocked--but sadly understands--when he learns that this material is part of the reason humans have been hunting his kind.]]
Lanen Kaelar's [[DisappearedDad father has just died,]] leaving her in possession of a [[FarmGirl large horse ranch.]] She could stay to take over the farm and marry a local boy, but ever since she was a little girl, Lanen has dreamed of adventure. More than anything else, she wants to meet True Dragons--not the small, winged reptiles that haunt the local woods, but the actual, fire-breathing, building-sized, sapient creatures spoken of in legend and song. There is a far-off island in the middle of the sea where dragons are still said to reside, but the waters around it are treacherous and most who have sailed towards it have never returned. But there is hope: On that island grow mystical trees known as lansip trees, whose [[HealingHerb leaves can make a regenerative tea]] and whose [[{{Panacea}} rare fruits can cure anything short of death itself]]. And Lanen chances upon an enterprising merchant who's setting an expedition to that island...
At first, things go well for Lanen. She makes it to the island, she harvests several bagfuls of the valuable lansip leaves, and, one night, when she sneaks out of camp, she has a rendezvous with an immense silver dragon named Akhor. The two quickly hit it off and forge an [[OddCouple unlikely friendship.]] But not all is well. For the merchant who organized the expedition? He's trafficking with ''demons,'' and he has a history with Lanen--and his demonic friends want her soul. As for Akhor, her draconic ally? He's actually the ''king'' of his people, and many of them have a [[HumansAreBastards long-standing grudge against humanity]]. Despite everything that happens, Lanen and Akhor quickly find themselves [[InterspeciesRomance falling in love.]] But will Lanen escape the demonic clutches of the ones persuing her? And with Akhor be able to persuade his people that HumansAreSpecial?
The [[TwoPartTrilogy two sequels]] concern Lanen's quest to free the Lesser Kindred--the [[ChekhovsGunman small and mindless winged reptiles off-handedly mentioned in the first book.]] As Lanen learns from Akhor, these were once true dragons, just like him--but a powerful human demon summoner attacked them, reducing them to their current state. She believes that she and her beloved, working together, have the power to restore them--she's even had [[PropheticDreamsForEveryone prophetic dreams]] that she believes to be [[MissionFromGod from her goddess]] that tell her as much. But the demonic forces pursuing her haven't let up. And a great cataclysm is looming in the world--one that threatens the existence of the entire dragon race. With allies both old and new in tow, Lanen must save the Lesser Kindred, the lives of those closest to her, and even the world.
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'''This series contains examples of:'''
* AlwaysChaoticEvil[=/=]AlwaysLawfulGood: Demons and Kantri, respectively. This is explained in the world's CreationMyth: When the intelligent races of the world came into being, the gods gave each race a choice between good or evil. Demons chose to be AlwaysChaoticEvil, and to balance them out, Kantri chose AlwaysLawfulGood. [[TakeAThirdOption Humans chose the ability to choose.]]
* DragonHoard: Humans naturally believe that dragons keep these, and with every expedition that arrives on the island, at least one person tries to sneak off to steal dragon treasure. In reality, the Kantri's hoard of gems are from the bodies of [[DueToTheDead their deceased]], and as for the gold? [[spoiler: Kantri naturally turn the ground where they sleep into gold.]]
* FantasticFruitsAndVegetables: Lansip. The leaves alone slow aging and are a general cure for aches and pains, the fruits are nothing short of a {{panacea}}. However, it's never successfully been cultivated on the mainland, despite many attempts. [[spoiler: It's because it needs dragon dung to grow.]]
* [[spoiler: FourthDateMarriage]]: [[spoiler: Lanen and Akhor "marry" one another, by dragon standards, less than a week after meeting. However, they don't get married by human standards until several months later.]]
* FramingDevice: The books are told from the point of view of an old Lanen, who has since become a legendary heroine, recounting her memoirs so as to set the record straight on what ''really'' happened. The point-of-view switches represent her friends and allies filling in the gaps for events she wasn't present for.
* InnocentInaccurate: Akhor and his people do not like to be called "dragons" as this is a human term, instead preferring their name for their people, Kantri. Lanen retorts that, by the same logic, he should call her a "human" instead of a "Gedri." They both agree to use the proper terms for one another.
* InterspeciesRomance: Lanen and Akhor. [[spoiler: But not for long. Their gods give them two options: Lanen can become one of the Kantri, she and Akhor can live long and happy lives together, but they will die without ever reviving the Lesser Kindred. Or Akhor can become a human, and while their lives will be short, the Lesser Kindred will be saved. The latter is what happens, and Akhor becomes a human named Varien.]]
* MayflyDecemberRomance: Dragons can live upwards of 2000 years. Akhor knows this, but he still chooses to be with Lanen. [[spoiler: Tragically turned around when Akhor gets injured and begins to die, leaving him to remark that he should have mourned her all his life, instead of the other way around. [[ThePowerOfLove He gets better.]]]]
* MissionFromGod: Lanen's Goddess and Akhor's Winds seem to take a rather active interest in their lives.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: Their name for themselves is "Kantri," they have {{Power Crystal}}s on their foreheads that contain a part of their soul, they're telepaths, and they give live birth, among ''many'' other things.
* {{Panacea}}: Lansip fruit will heal anything short of actual death. [[spoiler: One saves Lanen's life after she helps deliver a dragon baby.]]
* ParentalSubstitute: Lanen was never close to her father, so she instead made good friends with one of his farmhands, Jamie. He served as her father figure most of her life. As it turns out, he was friends with her mother--and may in fact be her biological father. [[spoiler: Sadly, he isn't--[[JerkAss Marik]] is. But Lanen decides that for all intents and purposes, [[HappilyAdopted she accepts Jamie as her true father.]]]]
* PowerCrystal: All [[OurDragonsAreDifferent Kantri]] have one on their foreheads, known as a soulgem. It's the only thing that remains of their bodies after death, and certain among them can use those gems to conduct a seance with the deceased. [[spoiler: The Lesser Kindred became what they are because a human demon-summoner forcibly ripped their soulgems from them, [[AndIMustScream leaving their consciousness trapped within]].]]
* ThePowerOfLove: [[spoiler: Transforms Akhor into the human Varien.]]
* SurpriseIncest: [[spoiler: Lanen briefly falls for Marik, before realizing later that he is her biological father. Given this and [[JerkAss Marik's attitude,]] she is about as disgusted as you might expect.]]
* ThreeFacesOfEve: The Goddess of Lanen's religion is depicted varyingly as a young woman, a mother, and an old lady.
* TwoPartTrilogy: In addition to being written some time after the original book, the second book has a CliffHanger ending while the original has more closure. In addition, both the second and third books follow a single story, while the first book has more closure.
* WhiteHairedPrettyBoy: [[spoiler: Varien]] is a heroic version.
* WorthlessYellowRocks: [[spoiler: Kantri turn the ground where they sleep into gold, so it's commonplace to them. Akhor is shocked--but sadly understands--when he learns that this material is part of the reason humans have been hunting his kind.]]
