The Splintered Gods (SILVER KINGS)

The Splintered Gods (SILVER KINGS) by Deas, Stephen. Paperback edition. ISBN: 9780575100589.

Dragons flame, cities burn, and the wrath of the Bloody Judge rises in the latest from the author who brought dragons back to their full glory, might, and terror Captured by an unknown enemy and forced to wage war on his rivals, the Dragon Queen has found herself hated and feared by all the people of this new land. There is little they can do to hurt her while she has her dragon, but she cannot escape while the magic necklace she is forced to wear remains active, or it will throttle her. Meanwhile the enemies of her new master are gathering for revenge. Lost in a body that isnt his own, Berren—the Bloody Judge—continues his search for the man who stole his life. Accompanied by a single Adamantine soldier, they scrabble to survive in a world shaken by the Dragon Queens attack and suspicious of all those who are strangers. But there is another power inside Berren, one which escapes when he is in danger and has the habit of disintegrating those around him, and that power has its own agenda—one that will lead it to the Dragon Queen, and battle.