A Dragon of Turicum by C. R. Bracher

Things are not well in the splintered realm of Gauraci since the disappearance of the Goddess, Regula, a hundred years ago. The spirit, the power, of the people is fading. For the first time a prince, Eldred, lacks her gift, the Bond, the power that grants the Deirans their unparalleled ability to fight. He will take on any challenge to succeed.