'The SDS must change if we are to survive. We have to become one people again, as we once were, who live and train and fight together. You have both demonstrated your ability to do this, young though you both are. You come from different peoples; one noble born, the other the son of a scout. One desiring to fly dragons when tradition allows only men to do so; the other proving in the best tradition of his people that you do not need to wield a sword in your hand to protect those you love.'

"Quenelda s greatest ambition is to fly a mighty battle dragon and join her father the Earl DeWinter in the war against the Hobgoblins. Root s ambition is to avoid man-eating dragons at all costs. They seem an unlikely duo but when Root is assigned as Quenelda s squire an unexpected friendship is born. Meanwhile dark forces are at work, there is a ruthless traitor at Dragonsdome about to carry out a deadly plot. But the enemy haven t reckoned on Quenelda and Root or a powerful ancient magic that everyone thought was lost Epic battles, whispered legends and a girl who can talk to dragons all come together in this breathtaking fantasy"

A brutal war against the united hobgoblin tribes rages, and Quenelda longs to accompany her hero Dragon Lord father into battle. But when the elite Stealth Dragon Services is ambushed and defeated - due to the dark treachery of the Grand Master - and her father is presumed dead, the Seven Sea Kingdoms are thrown into turmoil. Evil plots swirl - with even Quenelda's own beloved dragon in mortal danger - but Quenelda finds a magical, secret solace at the heart of the fabled fortress Dragon Isle. Can she use her new powers to set the tide of victory turning against the hobgoblins?

Moonbeam Children's Book Award double silver medalist A gnome, a girl and a dwarf fly north on an injured battledragon in the depth of winter to search for the missing Commander of the Stealth Dragon Services. Throw in a spy, an overweight dragon fledgling who's so plump he cannot fly, and a renegade Sorcerer Warlock hot on their tail, and it seems like a quest doomed to failure from the outset.

Silver Medal Moonbeam Children's Book Awards 2013 Best Book Series Chapter Book Fantasy Book Review Like a dragon, Lucinda Hare's second novel has some fire in its belly. In Flight to Dragon Isle, the heat has been turned up: more action, more adventure. If you've read the first book, The Dragon Whisperer, then the return of Quenelda and Root will be like revisiting old friends (if you haven't read it, then go and read it...now!) You might think nothing's changed. Quenelda is still the headstrong girl we met in book one and Root is still the nervous gnome, but this pair are slowly finding their feet. Root is growing in confidence (but still manages the odd mishap, which makes him as funny as ever) and Quenelda, the girl who can talk to dragons, is slowly realising that she has more power and magic within her, than anyone ever imagined. As in the first book, Hare continues to spread magic over her words. In the Seven Sea Kingdoms, not even something as normal as the date and time are well...normal. Wouldn't it be great if we could meet our friends at 'the hour of the irritated bumblebee' instead of three o'clock? Wouldn't it be great if this year was 'the year of the Sabre-Toothed Doormouse' instead of 2011? Above all, this second book packs a punch. An almighty war breaks out with the hobgoblins, and Quenelda's world is thrown into turmoil. As the reader, you're either rooting for something to go right, or hoping something doesn't go wrong. Hare takes you on a journey and you really don't know how things are going to turn out. This is a darker tale, filled with dark magic; that Hare describes vividly, so certain moments play out like a film in your head. What about the dragons? There's Frosts, Magmas, Vampires... (yes, Vampire dragons) along with the wonderfully named 'I've Already Eaten' and Quenelda's own dragon, 'Two Gulps and You're Gone'. By the time you've finished this book, you'll wish dragons were on sale at the local pet shop. MOONBEAM CHILDREN'S BOOK AWARDS SILVER MEDAL WINNER 2013 for BEST BOOK SERIES CHAPTER BOOK

A New York Times Notable Book: “Combining cyberpunk’s grit with dystopic fantasy, this iconoclastic hybrid is a standout piece of storytelling” (Library Journal). Jane is trapped as a changeling in an industrialized Faerie ruled by aristocratic high elves and populated by ogres, dwarves, night-gaunts, and hags. She is the only human in a factory where underage forced labor builds cybernetic, magical dragons that are weaponized and sent off to war. When the damaged dragon Melanchthon tempts Jane with promises of freedom, the stage is set for a daring escape that will shake the foundations of existence. Combining alchemy and technology, a coming-of-age story like no other, The Iron Dragon’s Daughter takes place against a dystopic mindscape of dark challenges and class struggles that force Jane to make costly decisions at every turn. A finalist for the Arthur C. Clarke Award, the World Fantasy Award for Best Novel, and the 1994 Locus Award, The Iron Dragon’s Daughter a is one-of-a-kind melding of grimdark fantasy and cyberpunk grit from the Nebula Award–winning author of Stations of the Tide. It engages the reader in a nihilistic world in which nothing is as it seems and everything comes at a steep and often horrific price.

When their parents' seedy old motel burns down on the same night they are visited by a strange man covered in skeleton tattoos, Cyrus, Antigone, and their brother Daniel are introduced to an ancient secret society, and discover that they have an important role in keeping it alive.