Clarita Rosita Santiago Romero hasn’t made many friends since moving to North Carolina last year. But that changes when she joins her local Science Squad and simultaneously gets sucked into a quest to defend a sea turtle and her eggs from poachers. But how much impact can a group of kids have on one sea turtle’s life?

After saving a beastgirl named Nina from the horrors of the desert, the dragon Illusia is determined to get her to the safe port city a ways down the coast. But a "hero," also named Illusia, has other plans. When he kidnaps Nina to force dragon-Illusia into a public confrontation, the dragon knows this is a fight he can't win. Can he find a way to defeat the so-called hero and rescue his friend?

After a battle with a strange monster, Illusia the dragon finds himself in a massive desert, far from his forest home. In this arid wasteland, there's nothing but sand, monsters, and a single settlement--one whose residents seem eager to do some dragon slaying! Will our hero be forced into the role of a villain yet again, or can he find friendship in the wastes?

"Baby and Child Heroes in Ancient Greece is the first systematic study of the considerable number of Greek babies and children who became enduring myths, objects of worship, and the recipients of sacrifice." "Examining literary, pictorial, and numismatic representations, Pache opens up a vast territory once occupied by children such as Charila, Opheltes, Melikertes, and the children of Hercules and Medea. She argues that the stories, songs, and sanctuaries honoring these heroes express parental fears and guilt about children's death."--Jacket.

As Illusia continues his quest, he finds himself on a strange new island at the end of the world. But this isn't just any island--it's full of A-rank and even L-rank monsters no one has ever seen before! What's more, the ruins are covered in English and hiragana, characters from the old world. His curiosity piqued, Illusia ventures deeper into the ruins, determined to uncover its secrets...and stumbles upon the legendary dragon king Diabolos. But does Illusia's "Dragon King's Son" skill mean that Diabolos is his dad?!

Our hero has evolved from dragon egg to hatchling to Young Plague Dragon and finally gained the skill he wants most: Human Transformation. He desperately wants to put his solitary life behind him and join the human village, but that may not be as easy as learning a single skill. Even his lonely forest life is put in jeopardy when a serious swordswoman and a loyal dog-girl invade his cave! He has to figure out this Human Transformation skill, and fast!

The forest-dwelling Lithovar tribe has made peace with Illusia and continues to revere him as a god. Life is good--until a horrific murder comes to light! The Hungry Hunters, a regiment commanded by the pompous Lord Tolemann, are to blame. The Hunters terrorize the land in search of the mythical Carbuncle, and so Illusia stands with the tribe to fight them off. He unexpectedly encounters another "dragon" during their clash...one much more twisted and gruesome than any beast Illusia has encountered before.