When people are threatened, a guardian will hear their call. Empowered by its magic, he will fight to defend them.Drayven is the last of the guardians, an ancient order of human warriors who wield the magic of dragons, trained by a small group of dissenting dragons who opposed the darker yearnings of their kin. For a time, left in peace by the feudal dragon lords ruling the world of Soria, the dissenters and the human defenders they created thrived. Now they both are being hunted as a dark force rises in the south. When Drayven’s village is attacked by a new race of draconic slaves, he is forced on a quest to face a new evil.An old-fashioned adventure the likes of Hercules: the Legendary Journeys and featuring a deep and meaningful human-dragon friendship straight out of Dragonheart, Call of the Guardian is the story of an unlikely bond between a pair of orphans, who struggle to find a hopeful future in each other. Follow Drayven, his dragon mentor, and their allies as they seek to snuff out the source of a vile new race of dragon-like humanoids and the dark magic that created them.WHAT IS AN OF METAL AND MAGIC CORE STORY?OMAM CORE stories are all set in the high fantasy world of Soria. Regarding that world, refer to the words of Soria's own Professor Nasrin Arakat, of the famed Telsemar University, who writes, “Soria was once a battlefield of the gods. Ten thousand years ago, dragons warred with unicorns and warred among themselves, and men ultimately bore most of the burden. In the short history of this world, tribal warriors have challenged prophets, empires have risen and fell, new races of humans have emerged and been extinguished. Magic has since disappeared, so today we are left with only stories. Some believe these stories are little more than myth. I believe there is more truth to magic than most are willing to accept.”UPCOMING OF CORE NOVELS INCLUDEPariah’s LamentScion of the OracleTo Wield the StarsThe Mad Reign