Dragon Riders of Lon

Climbing the Dragon's Tower introduces Tem, a frontier farmboy who enters the legendary Dragon's Tower hoping to win a dragon's egg and save his world from a god's wager. The first floors reveal brutal truths about politics and sacrifice that his distant farm life never hinted at.

Tem battles his way upward with creative use of gear and attributes, forging alliances and earning trust while outsmarting ambushes from rival climbers. The book establishes the tower's intricate rule-set and the dangerous outside world of Iliisa City with equal care.

Climbing the Dragon's Tower 2 finds Tem entrenched in the maddening politics of Iliisa City, forced to placate nobles whose games threaten to derail his climb. Fed up with courtly nonsense, he throws himself back into the tower's upper floors with renewed urgency.

The second volume sharpens the tension between dungeon progression and real-world consequence, delivering epic battles and pivotal twists that raise the personal and planetary stakes considerably.

Climbing the Dragon's Tower 3 pits Tem against simultaneous threats from three hostile directions, testing both his fighting spirit and his leadership. Armed with loyal allies and the unique mounts he has collected across the series, he pushes toward the tower's summit in a race against time.

The finale delivers high-stakes combat and satisfying character payoffs, wrapping Tem's journey from farmboy to dragon rider in a conclusion fans found action-packed, if occasionally rushed.