C. Greenwood

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In a time of magic and legends, a spark of hope remains...Together with my bonded dragon and the rebel faction on the island, I've saved the High King from a deadly fate. I've also managed to sabotage my enemies' plans to launch an attack on the rest of the Nine Isles. But victory was short and it came with a price.Now I face the ultimate test as the evil Lysandros prepares to unleash his soldiers and war ships on the dragonkind. With my family's lives in the balance, blood wars with duty. Can I save Skybreaker, my own kin, and all of our people? Or will darkness triumph as a civilization that has stood for centuries comes crashing down?

After my rebellion against the king, I faced a terrible punishment. Worse than that, I was thrown into the middle of more political intrigue by the discovery of a traitorous plot I was never meant to uncover. Now fate has chosen me to be among the few who stand openly against the evil King Lysandros. I have only one desperate chance to thwart his dark schemes. With my bonded dragon at my side and the rebel faction depending on me, failure is not an option...

When I saw the strange dragon in the sky, I knew it was an ill omen. A sign of dark things to come. What I did not know was that the coming of Skybreaker would destroy my world. That a power-hungry king would rise up, my home island would be conquered, and the Nine Isles would turn against one another. Suddenly, a rogue dragon and a fierce band of rebels are all that stand between my people and annihilation. But do I dare join the resistance? Or do I leave the Nine Isles and the dragonkind to their hopeless fate?

It's been a long time since that evil day when I stole the magic of the Sheltering Stone, inadvertently setting off a chain of events that caused the destruction of my home island. But I still relive the terrible memories. I still dream of a day when I can finally thwart my enemies and restore what was lost. And now I have two formidable allies to aid me in my quest: my bonded dragon Skybreaker and a magical new weapon with powers I've only begun to discover. But with Gold Ship Voyagers, bloodthirsty pirates, and a fierce griffin barring my way, will I ever make it to the mountain of magic stones to complete the final part of my quest?

In my dreams I see it all again. The Sheltering Stone failing. My people dying. The Ninth Isle being sucked down into the sea. Ever since the day I inadvertently doomed my home island it has fallen to me, the last of the dragonkind, to protect the legacy of my fierce race. With my bonded dragon, I recently set out on a desperate quest to find a magical mountain of legend-a hidden place that may not even exist. But my magic powers have since been weakened and my dragon has been stolen away by Gold Ship Voyagers. The only one who could have pointed the way to the mountain, a mysteriously gifted mapmaker, is now dead. My one hope is to rescue the mapmaker's young apprentice, a boy with the powers to finish what his master began, from the clutches of the Gold Ship Voyagers. More than cursed seas and bloodthirsty pirates stand in my way. The dark forces of an ancient and vengeful being are set against me. Will my companion, Basil, and I survive long enough to reclaim what is ours? Or will the battle that lies ahead be our last?

I was there the day the Sheltering Stone fell. The day an ancient curse was unleashed and the Ninth Isle, the final refuge of dragons, was swallowed up by the angry ocean. For centuries my people, the winged dragonkind, have protected the dragons, bonding with them and sharing the skies together. Now both races face extinction. I made it happen. I meddled with the magic that doomed my home island. And now that magic consumes me. But it isn't too late. If I can learn to control the power that has invaded me I might survive long enough to find the lost mountain legend says can restore the legacy of my people. But greedy pirates and cruel Gold Ship Voyagers bar my way. And my only ally on this desperate quest is a beast some call the mad dragon-an eater of men. Can I bend both the dragon and my newfound powers to my will before time runs out? Or will the last hope of dragons, the legacy of a fierce race, die with me?