title: Blood of the Dragon: Wizard Duels Trilogy
author:  Sal Minnella 
description: With a background in sales, and a love for playing music, Sal Minnellas talent does not stop there. As someone who loves being creative, he took on the task to create his own fantasy realm as he started writing the Wizard Duels Trilogy. The books are written for all age groups, and for everyone who enjoys fantasy and creative imagination. When there arose the need for a storyline, to help promote his hand crafted Wizard Wands, he created the characters and storyline for the real life characters who would be working in his real life shop. The storyline for the book developed as he talked with customers who visited his shop and bought his wands. You will find the people working in his shop portraying the characters from the book, creating an atmosphere of imagination, fun and magic.
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  [Author’s Note](text00003.html)
  
  [Balanced on the Blade’s Edge](text00004.html#TOC_2_0)
  
  [Deathmaker](text00020.html#TOC_18_0)
  
  [Blood Charged](text00038.html#TOC_36_0)
  
  [Afterword](text00056.html#TOC_54_0)
  
  
  # The Dragon Blood Collection  
  Books 1-3
  
  by Lindsay Buroker
  
  
  Copyright © Lindsay Buroker 2014
  
  
  ### Author’s Note
  
  Thank you for checking out the first three Dragon Blood books! I originally
  wrote _Balanced on the Blade’s Edge_ out of a desire to pen a fun fantasy
  romance with a few steampunk elements. I never intended to turn it into a
  series. But I enjoyed writing about Ridge and Sardelle and also about their
  world. I found I wasn’t ready to stop at one book.
  
  I created a new hero and heroine for _Deathmaker_ and wrote a second adventure
  that could be read independently from the first—but I did bring Ridge and
  Sardelle back to help out in the last third. Oh, and let’s not forget Jaxi,
  the sentient soulblade. She insists on being a part of everyone’s story.
  