The Almighty Dragon General Review: The Dragon General’s revenge

“All human wisdom is summed up in two words——wait and hope.”

It was said by the famous French writer Alexandre Dumas. His huge literature Le Comte de Monte-Cristo inspired quantities of writers to create works themed on revenge. The Almighty Dragon General might not be originated from it, but you could gain the equal pleasure after opening it.

What is The Almighty Dragon General about?

James Caden was born in a big family with mass blessing. He had supposed to grow up without fear and troubles under the protection of his family. But there has always been tortures and trials set in the hero’s road to glory, besides James Caden. Unfortunately, yet unsurprisingly, his bright life was ruined by the enemies consist of other four families. They murdered 38 lives of the Cadens via a deadly fire. James shouldn’t have survived without a girl’s help. She ran into the fire to pull James out regardless of her fear of death. He didn't even know the girl’s name at that time. But he had no time to figure things out but to jump into the river to get rid of enemies’ hunting. Ten years on, he came back with a new, mysterious title “Dragon General”. He set two missions in his mind. Find the girl and repay her for saving his life, and take revenge on those who killed his family. First and the primary thing, he has to find Thea and take her life under his wings.

Main Characters in The Almighty Dragon General Novels

 

James Caden

 

Escaping from the murder, James had no way out but took part into the army and started from scratch. He went through the cruel military training and did his best to move forward in the army. Eventually, he won the title of “Dragon General” by his sustainable efforts and ruled a high-quality troop loyal to him. All of these couldn’t be easy for a man without any powerful background. One more thing, James’s strength is not limited to his big military influence. He is a skilled doctor with qualified medical expertise. This is also the fruit of his hard efforts during the past ten years. It was because the little girl who saved his life in the inferno that James decided to learn the medical skills by all means. He didn’t know who she was when the tragedy happened. Every second he lived after the survival, he never forgot to find her and repay her by giving all he has. So in the beginning of The Almighty Dragon General, successful and respected Dragon General went back to homeland and found his savior at first, making a lifetime promise to her, “From now on, I’ll protect you. Come with me and you’ll have the entire world in the palm of your hands. I’ll make you the happiest woman on earth.” I bet every woman will be crazy when a man said so.

 

James Caden’s personality consists of two opposite sides, the one is indulgence toward his savior and wife, Thea Callahan. The other is ruthlessness against his enemies. His indulgence originated from the regrets, especially when he knew that Thea was deadly burned for his sake. With the story going forward, James’s indulgence turned into affection and love while he saw more beauty on Thea.

 

Thea Callahan

 

Similar to Dragon General’s tragic teenage life, Thea’s past was brutal as well. It was supposed to be a normal and lovely day that she went out with friends. If she stood aside and did nothing by the time she saw the big fire burst in her eyesight, her life could be much more easier and happier. Just because her kindness and bravery, she ran into the fire and rescued a boy who nearly knocked the door of Death. That decision made in a flash pulled her life into endless bitterness and hardness. Her face was totally injured so that she had to wear mask to cover the scar. More than that, her trauma in heart was worse than facial injury. Her family and friends seldom admired her bravery and mercy but jeered at her injured face in instead. Thus she was always teased from then on. Above all, Thea spent a dark adolescence that none of gorgeous woman could bear in that young age. Luckily, Thea didn’t have to resist all of these when her destined hero came. James Caden was just like a god fell on her life and led her toward a new life. She had no idea how powerful the man was, let alone his big title of “Dragon General”. The only one thing she could ensure was that the man named James Caden treasured her, because he provided a magnificent villa for her. And he even cured her injured face which tortured her for years! Every woman would be touched deeply when a man gave her a perfect face. However, this is just the starter in James’s repayment.

 

Main Plot of The Almighty Dragon General

We’ve already knew that James Caden, as well as Dragon General, has two missions. The one is repaying; the other is revenge. The following plots are all triggered by these two motives. You’ll find that James Caden’s movements resemble Le Comte de Monte-Cristo. This literature provides a standard procedure of blood revenge for later writers.

Let’s go back to The Almighty Dragon General. James heard that Thea’s family was recruiting a live-in son-in-law for herself. This hinted that Thea lived in rough days, so James showed up to marry Thea and took the responsibility of son-in-law. He did this under the role of ordinary James Caden, not almighty Dragon General. So no one in Thea’s family looked highly of him. But James cared less about what they thought except Thea Callahan, his wife since then. The marriage and their love story will curry on in the sweetness and bitterness like those happen to other couples. They will meet honey days and mutual affection. Of course, they will fix the doubt and rough days as well.

Last but not least, Dragon General has his own task. Revenge. In this part, Dragon General utilized his influential title to keep his watch on the four families ever allied murdered the Cadens ten years ago, and seized a timing to bite them to pain. For structure’s sake, the author made Dragon General take revenge in secret. It means that his enemies and acquaintances all have no idea who he really is! Abusing bad people secretly is also a standard and exciting trick in The Almighty Dragon General. You’ll love it.

Final Thoughts about The Almighty Dragon General

This story is still carrying on so we don’t know how will it end at last. But one thing is ensured that Dragon General’s revenge must be fulfilled eventually. All we need to concern is that what will he lose on the road of being almighty god. Will he be lost in the pleasure of revenge? Or if he will be swallowed by the abyss? These all are cleared at the end. Let’s see.