"Her mammoth wings unfurled and blocked out the stars."
Georgia Quincey is the last of her line, a direct descendent of the medieval St. George who, according to Chasing the Dragon's author Nicholas Kaufmann, failed in his mission to slay the Dragon. As a result, the mantle of dragonslayer was passed onto George's son, and his son after him, all the way down the line. When Georgia's father too is slain by the Dragon, it falls to Georgia to take up her father's gun and go after the Dragon herself.
But defeating the Dragon is no easy task. The Dragon is powerful, Georgia is all alone, and the monster which has haunted her family through the ages is not the only demon that chases her. In despair over the Dragon's murder of her parents and destruction of her own life, Georgia fell prey to the needle. Therefore, her life of "chasing the Dragon" is now a double entendre in which Georgia must find a way to fulfill her lineage's quest while simultaneously waging her own battle with heroin addiction.
Chasing the Dragon is a rip-roaring splatterpunk adventure full of blood, gore, zombies, intense fight scenes and danger enough to satisfy any adrenaline-junkie. The book was an irresistible purchase for me thanks to Erik Mohr's stunning blood-red cover featuring a magnificent Eastern Dragon design, and the text within this slim volume's pages did not disappoint.
Georgia Quincey faces an epic battle. The stakes? The destruction or survival of the world. But Georgia's story is far more than gory mayhem. For, while Georgia is beaten and battered, she is never broken, and, though she holds the fate of the world in her hands, Georgia's battle with the Dragon is nevertheless deeply personal. Georgia's strength of character and Nicholas Kaufmann's strength of characterization lie at the heart of this novella and lift it well above the ranks of pure adrenaline rush. Add to this one way-cool dragon and Chasing the Dragon is a satisfying read indeed.