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Destruction's Ascent (Dragon Ridden Chronicles Book 3) Kindle Edition

by T.A. White (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.6 out of 5 stars 2,394 ratings
When the past rises, the world burns.Newly conscripted into the Emperor’s dragon corps, Tate Fisher is still trying to figure out all that her new position entails. Along with an elevation in status comes dangerous enemies. Enemies who would rather see the dragons fall into ruin than remain in their current place of power. When a dragon goes missing, followed by a child close to her, Tate is forced to confront the hidden agendas of those in the highest seats of authority. Her search for the truth takes her deeper into the maze of tunnels that lie beneath the city. It’s a place where secrets lurk and dangers abound.There, she’ll uncover a plot whose origins stretch all the way back to the beginning of this world—one that can only end in the destruction of everything she knows and loves. The key to saving her city lies in her uncertain past. If only she could remember what that was.
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    Dragon Ridden Chronicles
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  5. Publication date
    May 1, 2018
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T. A. White is a writer of fantasy and science fiction novels, including Dragon-Ridden and Shadow's Messenger. Visit her at tawhiteauthor.com.



If you've watched TV at all in the past ten years, you've definitely seen her face and heard her voice countless times in any number of wildly successful national, global, and Super Bowl commercials, as well as playing the first blond Vulcan in Star Trek history. The daughter of two English professors, Natasha Soudek was raised in the South, speaks native German, lived in Berlin and Vienna, and finally settled in the Lower East Side of New York City as a teenager. After honing her stage presence by studying acting and playing hundreds of sold-out live music shows (singing and playing bass), she moved to LA to record with Channel/DreamWorks and act on TV. Favored on KCRW, Chris Douridas compared her voice and songwriting to the Beatles' Let it Be in meaning and soulfulness . . . qualities that translate especially well into her career as an audiobook narrator. Her voice is as distinct and memorable as the range of characters she's played on-screen, which gives listeners an immediate familiarity to connect to, along with a warmth and intimacy that spans and uplifts any genre.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07BTFQM7M
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  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ May 1, 2018
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1.9 MB
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 313 pages
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  • Book 3 of 6 ‏ : ‎ Dragon Ridden Chronicles
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Writing is my first love. Even before I could read or put coherent sentences down on paper, I would beg the older kids to team up with me for the purpose of crafting ghost stories to share with our friends. This first writing partnership came to a tragic end when my coauthor decided to quit a day later and I threw my cookies at her head. This led to my conclusion that I worked better alone. Today, I stick with solo writing, telling the stories that would otherwise keep me up at night.

Most days (and nights) are spent feeding my tea addiction while defending the computer keyboard from my feline companions, Loki and Odin.

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Customers enjoy this book's storyline, particularly its progression on the overarching plot and Tate's character development. The world-building receives positive feedback, with one customer noting how it opens up new questions for readers. Customers praise the book's readability and consider it an outstanding third book in the series. The writing quality receives mixed reviews, with some customers finding it well written while others disagree.

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19 customers mention "Readability"19 positive0 negative

Customers find the book readable and enjoyable, particularly appreciating the series.

"Excellent! I enjoyed this book immensely. Just wished that the story revealed even more information about Tate’s background than it did...." Read more

"...Overall, ‘Destruction’s Ascent’, is a good book...." Read more

"This is an AWESOME book. I love T.A. White. The book was fresh/new and no pages were folded, etc." Read more

"...forward on that front 😉 Each book in this series just gets better and better so do yourself a great favor and get this book then savor every..." Read more

19 customers mention "Storyline"15 positive4 negative

Customers enjoy the storyline of the book, appreciating the progression of the overarching narrative and Tate's history, with one customer noting its rich world-building elements.

"Tate is back. More discoveries are made. Bonds get deeper. Great story, drawn in from the beginning...." Read more

"...There is a lot more background revealed of the main characters; Tate, Ryu, Dewdrop, and Night, and whilst this allows the reader a deeper..." Read more

"...this is a fabulous epic sci-fantasy that fans of sci-fi, and fantasy will enjoy." Read more

"...Also again I felt this one really dragged in the middle, too caught up in intrigue and adding more to the plot without keeping the pace going...." Read more

13 customers mention "Character development"13 positive0 negative

Customers appreciate the character development in the book, particularly noting the stubborn female lead character and believable dialogue.

"...first two but still enjoyable with a lot of world-building and character development...." Read more

"...There are so many cool characters that are featured throughout the series, it's like seeing old friends who grow on you over time...." Read more

"...The world building is great, the actions and dialogue between the characters funny and snarky and we're introduced to more characters who have to..." Read more

"I like that the character development is better than the last volume, although constantly getting captured and nearly dying has become a bit boring..." Read more

12 customers mention "Imagination"12 positive0 negative

Customers praise the book's fantastic world-building, with one customer noting it opens up many new questions, while another appreciates the clues provided throughout the story.

"...The Dragon Ridden series has truly captured my imagination because I'm a fan of shifter stories...." Read more

"...I very much enjoy her world-building and character development...." Read more

"...But I still I love the world being created." Read more

"...For me this is her most complex series that gives you clue after clue and still leaves you pondering, but now we finally get some true confirmation..." Read more

8 customers mention "Series quality"8 positive0 negative

Customers praise this book as the outstanding third installment in the series.

"This is the third book in the series, and you definitely need to have read the first two books before this one...." Read more

"The series is coming together. I feel like it took forever to get just some simple answers...." Read more

"...It just could hold my attention. The second book was much better even if I thought I read a few inconsistencies...." Read more

"...This series is simply wonderful. My emotions are engaged from page 1 through the very end leaving me anticipating the next journey in the series...." Read more

6 customers mention "Writing quality"4 positive2 negative

Customers have mixed opinions about the writing quality of the book, with some finding it very well written, while others disagree.

"...Still, love the writing, loved the other two series I've finished. I'm willing to give the benefit of the doubt." Read more

"As much as I’ve really wanted to enjoy this series, I’ve had a hard time reading pretty much all 3 so far...." Read more

"...the characters have depth and are well developed, and the entire work is well edited...." Read more

"This storyline is so absolutely incredible. Love how well everything is written...." Read more

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  • Jay
    5.0 out of 5 stars Well...
    Reviewed in the United States on May 20, 2025
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    Tricky tricky tricky! I almost thought White had lost me with this story. It becomes difficult to keep hold of all the different threads, especially with the spread of history and time within the story. But I persevered, and there's hope for more as those threads start to be woven together. This just could be a masterpiece in the making. ;)
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  • V. Jones
    4.0 out of 5 stars Book 3: Tate learns more about her origins whilst tracking down kidnappers
    Reviewed in the United States on July 10, 2022
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    After the non-stop action of the first two books, we take a step back from the whirlwind adventure that Tate seems to attract in this third entry of the Dragon Ridden Chronicles, ‘Destruction’s Ascent’ by T.A. White. There is a lot more background revealed of the main characters; Tate, Ryu, Dewdrop, and Night, and whilst this allows the reader a deeper understanding of why the events throughout the book affects them personally, so much time is taken up on the explanations and exposition that the narrative did get a little slow at times. I still enjoyed the book but noted that the action and engagement that helped drive the story in the first two books was somewhat missing in ‘Destruction’s Ascent’.

    The story picks up several weeks after the conclusion of Book 2, ‘Of Bone and Ruin’, with Tate, Dewdrop and Night looking for information on Christopher, aka ‘Brown Eyes’. Tate believes down to her bones that it is only a matter of time before Christopher will reappear and wreak havoc in her life, especially after the information he imparted about the mystery of Tate’s past. She doesn’t really believe what he said about her origins, but she can’t quite put it out of her mind either. Of course, Ryu had given her explicit instructions to drop the search for Christopher, but in the normal Tate fashion, she had ignored him in favour of uncovering the truth.

    ‘He’d warned her more than once to stay away from anything pertaining to Brown Eyes. She had no doubt that if she said something now, he’d force her out of this tent and give her strict orders to leave well enough alone. Since they both knew it was only a matter of time before she’d disobey, he’d probably up the ante and put her under house arrest or something.’

    Tate is also introduced to high commander of the Dragon Corps, Lord Thora, who is not a fan of Tate’s flippant disregard of the rule book and lack of respect for following the status quo. The interactions between the two are quite amusing with Tate’s utter indifference to being intimidated by Lord Thora and Lord Thora aggravation with Tate’s conduct. We also meet a couple other members of the Dragon Corps but not a lot of backstory or information is provided so I am still not sure how large the organisation is or how many Dragon-Ridden there are in the empire.

    The story follows Tate as she juggles these new responsibilities with the investigation of a missing boy whom she passingly knew. As they dig further into the mystery, they discover he is not the only child to have gone missing and one of the Dragon-Ridden has also disappeared. Whilst Aurelia is shaken with earthquakes, the revelations that Tate and the others uncover will shake the bedrock of the city’s power players.

    Tate continues to be a great main character. She doesn’t go looking for trouble, but it always seems to find her. She has a strong moral centre that will not let her handball the responsibilities that she feels are hers, even if it would be easier in the long run.

    ‘Jack meant something. The others meant something. To stand by and do nothing when she hadn’t done everything in her power grated. She wouldn’t. No, she couldn’t do such a thing. It went against the moral bedrock that she was beginning to recognize as hers.’

    The breath of fresh air that is Tate also means that she doesn’t get whiny and complain when things do get hard and complicated. She just buckles down and works harder to protect those around her. The counterpoint to Tate’s dedication is the hilarious asides by Tate’s dragon, Ilith. I love the little moments where the dragon is ascendant and walking around assuming that everyone is admiring how lovely and pretty she is, but we as the reader know that they are terrified and panicked. These moments of levity are a highpoint in the book in my opinion. Whilst we do learn more about Tate in the book, there is still a lot of the puzzle yet to be put together. Whether it was intended or not, her past is left vague, and I do wish we had gotten more clarity on what Tate does and does not remember.

    As per the first two books, her pseudo family – Dewdrop and Night – are a highlight again and the dynamics between them feel natural and comfortable. They have absolute trust and loyalty to one another, even if they do squabble over food. We see more of Roslyn, the Duke of Spiritly’s daughter who revoked her family allegiances at the end of Book 2, ‘Of Bone and Ruin’. However, there was no mention of Gabriella, and I would have loved to see her cutting wit and intelligence again, although I am not too sure how her presence would have been explained. We also get a very brief sighting of the friends Tate had on the pirate ship, the Marauder - Danny, Ripley, and Trent. I am not too sure why they showed up as they had no relevance to the plot and it felt like if you had blinked, you would have missed them.

    I still struggle with the relationship between Tate and Ryu that the author is obviously building up and plans to get them together. There is an attraction to one another, but it feels only skin deep with no real admiration of the character and personality that makes up a person. They barely act as friends half the time and there is one scene that annoys me the most. Tate ask’s Ryu why he cares about her when they both know she can be difficult, arrogant, argumentative etc but at no stage does Ryu admit that he is controlling, secretive, scheming, domineering etc. I mean, is it ok to list out the failings of Tate, if you want to call them that, but then why are we are not going to recognise that Ryu hasn’t exactly demonstrated his loyalty or trustworthiness. Maybe my opinion of him will change, but right now I would prefer Tate be single.

    ‘Tate’s chest heaved, and it was a struggle to speak without shouting. “I didn’t know any of that, now did I? You talk about faith, but it’s you who doesn’t trust me. Instead of dismissing me with a pat on the head, you could have said something about this great plan. You left me knowing nothing, and not just about this.” ’

    Overall, ‘Destruction’s Ascent’, is a good book. Maybe not the start to finish action of the first two but still enjoyable with a lot of world-building and character development. If you have read and enjoyed the first two books or anything else that the author has written, you will likely enjoy ‘Destruction’s Ascent’. If you are new to the Dragon Ridden Chronicles or T.A. White but like fantasy adventure with a sprinkling of tech, magic, mystery and romance, then I highly recommend this series.

    3.5 out of 5 stars! Rounded up to 4 stars.

    ‘Destruction’s Ascent’ is the third book in the Dragon Ridden Chronicles by T.A. White. As of July 2022, the series consist of:

    Book 0.5: Shifting Seas (Prequal written from Jost’s POV)
    Book 1: Dragon-Ridden
    Book 2: Of Bone and Ruin
    Book 3: Destruction’s Ascent
    Book 4: Secrets Bound by Sand
    Book 5: Where Dragons Collide
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  • Abby B
    5.0 out of 5 stars What a plot!!
    Reviewed in the United States on March 9, 2025
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    This is an AWESOME book. I love T.A. White. The book was fresh/new and no pages were folded, etc.
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  • Spinneretta
    5.0 out of 5 stars Good
    Reviewed in the United States on July 22, 2023
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    This is the third book in the series, and you definitely need to have read the first two books before this one.

    Tate’s duties as one of the Dragon Ridden take a back seat when she discovers children have been going missing.
    Determined to figure out the culprits, she and her friends have to work fast, and in a tense political situation.

    Things start to get heated in this book, as Tate learns some interesting truths, and as those seeking power start to make their moves. Tate’s not the most diplomatic of people, a flaw that causes her a few problems; but also a trait that causes so many to feel indebted to her, and loyal.
    Night and his cubs might just be the stars of this book, though Ilith gives them a run for their money!

    An engrossing story, this is a fabulous epic sci-fantasy that fans of sci-fi, and fantasy will enjoy.
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  • Kindle Customer
    5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing read/different twist from the typical "shifter" genre
    Reviewed in the United States on May 10, 2018
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    I own everything T.A. White has published, and of the book series that she's got out there, it's hard for me to say which one is my absolute favorite.

    The Dragon Ridden series has truly captured my imagination because I'm a fan of shifter stories. Unfortunately, too many stories for sale on Kindle/KU take the "insta-love" approach, then the plot becomes more about the sex than a real story. That's NOT the case here.

    You've got to read these books in order to really understand the story line and to see how each character develops over time, but even from book 1, I was hooked and wanted more. Tate is a fun MC--to learn about her past, while seeing how she changes with time and the influence of her "dragon" has been captivating. There are so many cool characters that are featured throughout the series, it's like seeing old friends who grow on you over time. Tate's budding relationship continues--it's like real life with the uncertainty and misunderstanding that occur between partners. Additionally, this book was enlightening into Tate's history in many ways; and although there were sections that were upsetting (kidnapped children being used magically for ill-gain), the way the book resolves the situation helps answer more background questions, while ending positively.

    If you haven't tried any of T.A. White's books, please consider them, especially if you love fantasy books!
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  • JohnDoe
    5.0 out of 5 stars Atemberaubend
    Reviewed in Germany on June 8, 2018
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    Schon die vorangegangenen Bände haben mir Spaß gemacht. Mit diesem ist T.A. White auf jeden Fall ein Meisterwerk gelungen! Die Handlung wird mit jedem Band unvorhersehbarer. Gleichzeitig schafft White es die Heldin so real zu gestalten. Sie ist unglaublich stark und fühlt sich trotzdem manchmal hilflos angesichts der vielen Gefahren. Das macht sie für mich besonders greifbar. Auch die Dialoge sind spritzig und humorvoll. Mir gefällt es, dass unsere Protagonistin weiß, wann sie sich durchsetzen soll (und das tut sie oft ;-) ) und wann es besser für sie ist nachzugeben. Sie hat ihre Ecken und Kanten aber sie ist eine der besten Heldinnen von denen ich gelesen habe.
    Auch die Liebesgeschichte entwickelt sich hier weiter und mir gefällt, dass Tate und Ryu sich nicht in dramatischer Sofort-Liebe in die Arme fallen. Es gibt hier trotzdem etwas mehr Action als in den vorherigen Bänden. ;-) Das wahrhaft Interessante war jedoch Tates charmante Art und ihre beeindruckende Fähigkeit mit Problemen umzugehen.

    Es ist auf jeden Fall das richtige Buch für jemand der nach spritzigen Dialogen, einer starken Hauptperson und einem genialen Setting aus ist. Dieses Buch ist vom Plot her atemberaubend.
    Schlussendlich kann ich nur sagen fünf Sterne für dieses Buch.
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  • sheila
    5.0 out of 5 stars Fast paced, interesting .... Great!
    Reviewed in Spain on December 14, 2021
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    Full of action, of lovely characters and an interesting plot that does not repeat itself. T.A. White has an incredible imagination. Thank you!
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  • Kindle Customer
    4.0 out of 5 stars Nice book.
    Reviewed in India on November 20, 2023
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    Very good book But definitely not for 7 to 9 year olds.One of the best books I woul recommend .
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  • Kindle Customer
    5.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely Amazing
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 31, 2021
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    This is another absolutely amazing book to add to this series, I love that the main character isn't perfect and sometimes is just as scared as everyone else, all the characters have hidden depths that are being discovered bit by bit.
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  • Laurie Bell
    5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome read
    Reviewed in Canada on April 22, 2019
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    Glad I found TA White's writing. Love her sci-fi war torn world that becomes one of magic and fantasy in an evolution that spans a millennium. Rich characters, with tattooed dragon counter parts. Where can I find one like that! Can't wait to see the next adventure for this band of misfits and societal rejects.
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