The Dragon Machine

The beginning was better, the end was really mushy. Too mushy.
The babies were Iskar's siblings, not some cute pets. Dang it!

What happened to “write what you know?”.  I wish straight, white dudes would stop trying to tell stories about poor, downtrodden social victims.  I can appreciate what I think they're trying to do, but the cringe is always so strong it's not worth it.