Shadow War of the Night Dragons, Book One: The Dead City: Prologue

In this humorous sendup of the heroic fantasy genre, John Scalzi presents a finalist for the Hugo Award for Best Short Story, originally published as an April Fool's Joke on Tor.com. This over-the-top narrative serves as a prologue for a fictional series, cleverly crafted from the most frequently used words in fantasy and science fiction literature over the past decade.