When the skies burn and dragons rise, destiny itself begins to change shape.
In a world where dragons wage war against dragons, witches twist the threads of fate, and a spirit bear seeks to claim a human soul, love becomes the rarest and most dangerous form of magic.
The Weirding Storm, A Dragon Epic is a sweeping tale told in the language of fire and myth - a modern epic that echoes the ancient songs of Beowulf and The Odyssey. Thomas Davis weaves a story where transformation blurs every boundary between mortal and immortal, beast and being, love and annihilation.
Lyrical and cinematic, this is fantasy at its most elemental - where each line burns with wonder, and each heart beats against the storm.
Across a world torn by ancient wars between dragons and humans, an unlikely convergence of fates begins:
- A spirit bear hungers to inhabit a human body.
- Witches weave enchantments that blur the line between love and betrayal.
- Dragons-immense, proud, and divided-wage war not only against humankind, but among themselves.
- A love story ignites the pages.
From these forces of creation and ruin, a single truth emerges: love is the fiercest magic of all.
An Epic Poem for the Modern Age,
The Weirding Storm, A Dragon Epic resurrects the grand oral traditions of Beowulf, The Odyssey, and the Norse sagas, transforming them into a living, breathing story for
Fantasy Traditionalists - Fans of The Silmarillion, Beowulf, The Odyssey, and high-fantasy epics.
Poetry Enthusiasts - Readers who appreciate language, form, and rhythm (fans of Tolkien's verse, Milton, and modern narrative poetry).
Fantasy Romance or Mythic Readers - Those drawn to dragons, witches, spirit beasts, and transformational love stories.
About the Author :
Thomas Davis is best known for his work in the tribal colleges and universities in the United States. He also has a modest reputation in the high-performance computing world. He helped found College of the Menominee Nation and served as the President of Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibway Community College in Wisconsin, developed one of the earliest virtual col-leges for Bay Mills Community College in Northern Michigan, served as Acting President of Fond du Lac Tribal Community College in Minnesota, and was the President of Little Priest Tribal College in Nebraska. He retired as the Provost of Navajo Technical University (NTU) in New Mexico after being instrumental in changing the institution from a community college into a PhD-granting university. Today he works part-time as Assistant to the President at NTU. Davis also helped found the World Indigenous Nations Higher Education Consortium (WINHEC). In 2025 he was awarded an honorary doctorate from World Indigenous Nations University in New Zealand for his decades of work in tribal and world Indigenous education.
Review :
Thomas Davis has taken a literary form-the epic poem-that goes all the way back to the great sagas of antiquity's oral literature, and fashioned a contemporary tale that will enthrall both adults and their children. Davis has "heard the song/Dredged from the ancient dragon memories" and given us a story-poem that is part Beowulf and part Game of Thrones. Filled with witches, dragons, warriors, battles-a wondrously stark universe comes to life in The Weirding Storm.
Terence Winch, winner of the American Book Award and other major literary awards and author of 16 books of poetry and prose
In his epic poem, The Weirding Storm: A Dragon Epic, Thomas Davis discovers vivid and often stunning language to explore both ancient worlds and our present world with its ongoing cycles of death and resurgence, war and peace. Here you will find language and story that mesmerize the reader, that transport one to places where words and stories are born. This epic poem serves as a bridge between realms: substance and spirit, beast and human, reality and dream--none of which are separate in any moment of life.
James Janko, winner of the Association of Writers and Writing Programs Prize for the Novel and other major literary and other awards and the author of five novels and one book of poetry
Thomas Davis pays homage to the most hallowed traditions of poetry: this is storytelling, with heroes who are at once both vulnerable and courageous, with fantastical creatures and dramatic scenes, told (for the love of language) in the discipline of blank verse.We find its essence in an early passage introducing a ten-year-old girl, whose mother has just died in their remote home, standing by a pond watching the red-eyed dragonflies and wondering how they might in turn perceive her; at the same time "Above the house a golden dragon drove/ Great, scaly wings through heavy summer air".From here he unfolds a modern epic in a traditional mould. Although this has been written to be read, not heard declaimed in a great hall, we may easily imagine the poet reading it aloud to a contented gathering of the family, especially the young and the young at heart.John Looker, British author of three books of poetry
