Vietnamese folk tales retold for a modern audience. In poetry and literature the Vietnamese call themselves the "children of the dragon." Their oral tradition is a strong one and this volume includes three of the familiar teaching tales told by the elders. Readers will learn how the tiger got his stripes, why there are monsoons, and the story of the Moon Festival.

AN EPIC FANTASY NOVEL RETURNS...IT WAS A TIME OF DARKNESS...Emperor Sarbat ruled over his kingdom with sadistic brutality, slaking his lust with any woman that tempted him, killing all that opposed his will. Until the day a barbarian arrived...the brawny savage named Jehan.Jehan, the 'Man-Eater, ' was forced to dine on human flesh in Sarbat's dungeon, tortured in unspeakable ways, becoming a figure of legend. He survived an ordeal that would kill an ordinary man, then rallied the oppressed into a mighty army. With Jehan in command, the peasants will paint the gates of Sarbat's golden city crimson with the sword of vengeance.CHILDREN OF THE DRAGO

In the mythical kingdom of Gallardia, the Dragonlord's three children must fight to save themselves and the one remaining egg of the guardian dragon.

Vietnamese folk tales retold for a modern audience. In poetry and literature the Vietnamese call themselves the "children of the dragon." Their oral tradition is a strong one and this volume includes three of the familiar teaching tales told by the elders. Readers will learn how the tiger got his stripes, why there are monsoons, and the story of the Moon Festival.

Dando, a young dragon who cannot fly, is captured by dangerous humans, but a kind slave-girl, an orphaned bird, and the melancholy son of the dragon's captors help him escape his imprisonment and learn to fly.