POLAND SPRING — Author Tiger Hebert has announced the nationwide release of his new epic fantasy novel, “Dragon’s Fire: Beating Back the Darkness, Book 1.”

In “Dragon’s Fire,” a rising tide of violence is spreading across Darnisi, and it threatens to cast all of Aurion into war and chaos. A terror straight out of nightmares is at the heart of the corruption. Using the dark arts of seduction, the shadow drake bends and twists the will of those who would seek his power to his own ends.

Aurion’s remaining races forge unlikely alliances in order to survive the dragon’s scourge. As reality sets in, a few survivors face a very grim future. Could their only hope of survival truly be found in the cryptic writings of ancient prophecy?

Published by Tate Publishing and Enterprises, the book is available through bookstores nationwide, from the publisher at www.tatepublishing.com/bookstore or by visiting barnesandnoble.com or amazon.com.

Hebert is a devoted Christian, a husband, a father of three children and a veteran. The author, who holds a bachelor’s degree in communications, is pursuing a master’s degree in organizational leadership. He works as a quality assurance engineer for a software company.