This is historical fiction about the childhood of Vlad Dracula .
The story starts off with a young boy named Theodore who has dreams of the Dragons son taking over and redeeming Wallachia. He is presented to church officials and no utility but his prophecies do not bring them much pleasure. He gets royally bad treatment.
Fast forward several years and you have Vlad and his brother Marcus coming of age. Boys turn to men following a ritual hunting where they are supposed to bring down a boar. Marcus kills his boar but Vlad has to get his own to kill. Him and his father go out hunting and they come across a ruined burned out town and church . It is something Dracul, Vlads father failed to mention. There is also i an accursed forest where bandits hide and maraud merchant.
While Vlad is out hunting a Bison with Dracul his father he finds out a horrible truth about his grandmother who became a nun at a monastery after something horrible had happened to her. It is also here that Vlad learns the truth about a prophecy involving him.
After the hunting trip Dracul takes Marcus and Vlad to Hungary in order to participate in a tournament. Hungary is not to be trusted. Hunyadi is a military governor and ruler of Transylvania . A real power broker. He is setting up for a crusade against the Turks. But he has designs on Wallachia.
Vlad wants to join the crusade but has to prove his worth by killing a Turk. Just so happens that 4 Akincis are doing a slave raid. Vlad is daring and takes on the Turks. His next visit is to the Sultan. While the book may not be factual it is historical fiction that may have happened.
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