The most epic aspect of Zach Parker’s brand-new novella “Wrath of the Dragonfather” (available at skullislandx.com, Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and itunes for $4.99) is just how many different perspectives it successfully encompasses to bring an astonishing story years in the making to its ultimate culmination.

Why? Because this tale, which is the culmination of years of story in the making, is told from a handful different perspectives. Each of those points of view add something new and exciting to the machinations surrounding the pursuit of an invaluable dragon athanc, a stone of immense power containing the living essence of a dragon; it’s so powerful that even the dragons themselves desperately want it.

First and foremost are the heroes of the tale: Cygnar’s Major Victoria Haley and her Morrowan ally Constance Blaize, who take possession of the athanc early on but find themselves beset on all sides by enemies who desire the athanc for more devilish reasons. Among them: Saeryn and Rhyas, sisters who serve Everblight, the dragon who seeks to use the athanc to further challenge Toruk the Dragonfather. But they’re not alone in this—the renegade Krueger the Stormlord has his own reasons for desiring the athanc, and the challenge he faces from within the Circle Orboros comes from a high-ranking ominpotent, Lortus, who sees Krueger as a danger to them all if he continues his pursuit of the athanc.

And then there are the dragons themselves. In “Wrath of the Dragonfather,” they have a perspective all their own.

The chapters of Zach Parker’s book blend together smoothly as perspectives shift, sometimes with chapters as short as only a page. And while each voice stands alone, they’re like instruments in an orchestra: you can hear them individually, but combined they create the symphony. Saeryn’s voice, clinical and detached, blends extremely well with the honor-bound voice of Victoria Haley as she struggles to learn to use ghost-like “echoes” of her past and future self to wage the epic battle for the athanc. The faith of Constance Blaize and the feral savagery of Krueger the Stormlord have equally impressive voices that underscore what’s at stake as dragons take to the sky to destroy anyone who gets in the middle of their war. All of this adds up to one hell of an adventure: “Wrath of the Dragonfather” races at lightning speed to a climactic chase scene of cinematic quality, but like any great journey, it’s not where you end up—it’s how you get there.