Dragon Memories Trilogy · Book I of III
"The night sky had never held as many mysteries as tonight's, for I could not have imagined, in all my years, that my routine would be broken so abruptly and unexpectedly."
— Set, 8th of the Third Spring
About This Book
Told through the journals of Set, an Ice dragon apprentice bound by the Dragon Code, Niha's Curse is a dark fantasy novel written from a non-human perspective.
For more than seven centuries, Set has known only silence, duty, and unquestioning obedience. Hidden high above the world by his enigmatic master, his future has already been decided.
Everything changes when he encounters Niha — a mysterious Light Wizard whose arrival shatters the isolation he has always accepted as his destiny.
When an unexpected spell binds their lives together, dragon law, ancient powers, and impossible choices begin to unravel everything Set believes to be true.
As danger closes in, Set must decide whether unquestioning obedience is enough… or whether some truths are worth breaking the Dragon Code for.
Setting
The story moves between the high isolation of the Whispering Peaks — where dragon masters and their apprentices live apart from mortal civilisation — and the political intrigues of Iz-Kail, a city where elemental factions and ancient powers compete for influence.
Dragons in this world are not mythical creatures observed from a distance. They are sovereign beings with their own biology, institutions, laws, and understanding of justice. The Dragon Code governs every aspect of their existence — from silence to movement, from combat to memory.
Magic in this world comes at a price. Light Wizards draw power from the Goddess of Light through faith and practice. Chaos magic is rooted in gravity, allowing its practitioners to influence space, time, and physical force. Dragons, meanwhile, possess elemental abilities through biology rather than divine patronage, and Ice dragon memory follows laws of its own.
"Our culture is built on honor, duty, and tradition. Compromise those, and everything we stand for collapses."
— From Set's journalThe Characters
Ice Dragon Apprentice
Seven hundred and thirty-nine years old, Set has never spoken without being ordered to. Hidden away by his master, he has no fangs, no claws, and no wings — still too young by dragon standards to have earned them. What he does possess is extraordinary recall and an observational precision that notices almost everything.
Through Set's eyes, the mortal world is unfamiliar, inefficient, and deeply bewildering. His journals reveal a culture, biology, and system of values shaped entirely by dragon life.
Light Wizard
Niha arrives at the Whispering Peaks carrying dangerous magic, unanswered questions, and an urgent purpose she is reluctant to explain. Independent, guarded, and deeply suspicious of authority, she disrupts every certainty Set has been taught to obey.
When an unexpected spell connects their lives, neither Niha nor Set fully understands what has happened — or what it may cost them.
"She didn't look that different from us in mortal form. Perhaps that's the reason we were given this shape — to blend in among them, the way young cheetahs mimic badgers to ward off danger."
— Set, observing Niha for the first timeWhat Makes This Different
Set is a dragon.
This is his world, his perspective, and his story.
Niha's Curse is narrated primarily through Set's journals — an Ice dragon apprentice who has spent seven centuries following the Dragon Code in silence. He observes the mortal world with the precision of someone who has never been part of it, finding human behaviour baffling, inefficient, and occasionally fascinating.
This is adult dark fantasy written from a genuinely non-human point of view. Set does not think like a human who happens to be a dragon. He thinks like a dragon — with different priorities, different values, different ways of understanding love, duty, and the passage of time.
If you have read dragon fantasy where dragons serve, carry, advise, or mentor humans — this is a different kind of book.
"The idea of eating with my hands — or worse, sharing the same plate — reinforced my view of the primitive habits of mortals."
— Set, on the customs of mortalsReader Guide
The Trilogy Continues
The bond remains. Niha is still fading. Beyond the Whispering Peaks, mortal kingdoms, ancient magic, and forces neither of them understands are beginning to move.