Character Profile
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Summary
A girl with dragon wings, a boy who breathes fire, and their eclectic group of friends battle dragon slayers and seek to protect the dragon race as they travel through this world and otherworldly realms with packed with action and sword-swinging adventure.
Quartet also available in audio book, and book 1 as a graphic novel
Quartet also available in audio book, and book 1 as a graphic novel
Stats
Genre: Tween (10-14 years) magical realism (fantasy elements in the real world) mixed with Arthurian legend.
Series length: Four books, plus two quartet sequel series (twelve books total)
Violence: Moderate to strong fantasy violence
Magic/Supernatural: Strong supernatural
Romance: Minimal
Christian/spiritual element: Overt Christian content
Recommendation: Excellent for voracious readers who enjoy fantasy, high adventure, dragons, and/or Arthurian legend
You might like this book if you liked...
Percy Jackson or the legends of King Arthur.
Series length: Four books, plus two quartet sequel series (twelve books total)
Violence: Moderate to strong fantasy violence
Magic/Supernatural: Strong supernatural
Romance: Minimal
Christian/spiritual element: Overt Christian content
Recommendation: Excellent for voracious readers who enjoy fantasy, high adventure, dragons, and/or Arthurian legend
You might like this book if you liked...
Percy Jackson or the legends of King Arthur.
Opening Lines:
"Halt, foul dragon!" Billy stared at the tall stranger, a ghostly figure draped in dark chain mail. He looked like a knight of some kind, like a toy box action figure come to life. But what was he so mad about? Could he be yelling at me? The knight swung a sword in his right hand. Its brilliant blade flashed in the sun, and his armor jingled all over his body, echoing his swift, skillful moves. With a wave of his shield he barked a challenge. "I fear you not, fiend, nor your hellish fire! Come to battle, and we shall see whom the Creator will protect!" Billy opened his mouth to answer, but he couldn't talk. His throat burned like a sizzling sidewalk, and acid bubbled up form his boiling stomach. With a convulsive shudder, he belched a plume of hot, steamy gases, blistering his tongue and scorching his lips. A second later a raging river of fire blasted through his gaping mouth and hurtled toward the knight. |
Raising Dragons (Dragons in Our Midst, Book 1)
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Out of the blackness a growling voice rumbled, "She will come." The rough words reverberated, bouncing off shrouded walls that echoed dying replies. A solitary man listened in the dark room, lit only by flickers of soft light coming from his hand, a dozen fireflies in a jar. They danced with hopeless wings in stale air, waiting for death to arrive, their distress signals only serving to guide the scientist as he paced the stone floor. "And what makes you so sure she'll come?" his voice replied, tiny and squeaking by comparison. "She won't trust me. Why should she?" The rumbling voice responded. "You don't understand her; you never did. She listens to a call that rises beyond your senses....she has faith." The growl changed to a deep sigh. "But alas! What would you know about faith?" |
The Candlestone (Dragons in Our Midst, Book 2)
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Danger! Billy's internal alarm blared. Something evil approached, creeping up slowly through one of the hallways of the huge English mansion. Sitting back in an easy chair, he closed his book and flicked off the floor lamp at his side. He waited, allowing his eyes to adjust to the dimness of the unfamiliar bedroom. Only a ray of moonlight seeped in from the window on the opposite wall, its yellowish white glow casting odd shadows across the oak floor. |
Circles of Seven (Dragons in Our Midst, Book 3)
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Bonnie leaned against the bedrail and clutched Sir Barlow's burly hand. "I'm glad you're feeling better." Barlow smiled, lifting his mustache. His dark eyes sparkled. "Yes, Miss. Thanks to an infusion of your blood, I am as fit as a fiddle." The knight's brow furrowed under thick strands of unkempt hair. "That is the correct idiom, isn't it?" Bonnie tightened her grip on Barlow's hand and laughed. "That's the perfect idiom for a true gentleman!" |
Tears of a Dragon (Dragons in Our Midst, Book 4)
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Dragons in Our Midst
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