Dueling Dragons

Sam Stevens has grown since the days when his parents chained him up at night, and when he returns to the tower in the forest he meets three other teenagers with dragonblood.

Weeks after Rook, Jade and Hazar leave to find Darren, they find themselves in the middle of nowhere. Many interesting things happen, and many unknown friends surface to help them on their quest to find Darren. They find themselves facing dangers and challenges that will test both their courage and strength. Along the way, Rook uncovers a secret. Someone he thought was dead is still alive. This is someone he has wished to see and meet very much...his father. But first, they must find Darren. Will a new threat hinder them? Will a new enemy come out of the shadows to destroy their lives forever? Rook will find love, but in doing so, he will lose someone who means the world to him...someone who trusted, loved and believed in him...someone who harbors secrets of their own!

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Queen Verity is queen only because her mother has said she has to be. She agrees because, after all, somebody has to liberate the dragons who have long toiled in the boiler room bowels of the city. Now that they are free, nobody has any idea what to do with them or how to feed them. Everyone is used to dragons being docile cogs in the machinery of industry, tamed into tranquility by food treated with a hypnotic tranquilizer, now largely destroyed, leaving a lot of huge hungry beasts roving the capital city of Queenston. Verity needs to act fast, before the dragons remember what dragons once did to feed themselves. The crown has scarcely mussed her hair before her political enemies have her shanghaied and sold to an outward bound vessel, leaving the kingdom to the random mercies of her erstwhile assistant, Malady Hyde.

The Dragons’ Duel: A Kaemouri Legend By: Johnathon Daugherty The Dragons’ Duel follows the story of siblings Kayah and Sakuris Kaemouri, who were orphaned at childhood when their hometown was destroyed in an event known as the “Great Destruction.” Growing up in a war-torn Japan, they must now learn to cope with things such as growing up, falling in love, confronting the past, and protecting their future.

Alpha male shifters? Insta-love? With a touch of 80’s nostalgia? These three, hot dragon shifters will check all of your boxes! Diagnosed with an incurable disease, Chryssie thought her life was over. When she is sacrificed to a dragon, she learns it has only just begun in The Dragon’s Reluctant Sacrifice. After years of abuse, Poppy believed she was worth nothing. But when she is sacrificed to a dragon she becomes his treasure in The Dragon’s Ambivalent Sacrifice. Sacrificed to a dragon as a teen, Cardi was coddled for years. But when her dragon shifter fails to notice she’s all grown up and willing, she may just have to claim him herself in The Dragon’s Willing Sacrifice. If you love alpha male shifters, fated mates, and steamy romance, then you don’t want to miss The Last Dragons series!

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When Niccolo Polo vanishes on an expedition to Asia and his family writes him off as dead, sixteen-year-old Marco knows that it’s up to him to rescue his father. He sets out on a dangerous journey—but it is not the adventure he bargained for. Marco comes face to face with the magical Eastern world we know from mythology and legend, complete with dragons, flying carpets, and genies. And it is here that Marco finds himself caught in a dangerous plot in the court of Kublai Khan while trying to discover the mystical secret of the fabled dragon’s pearl.

Mega roller coasters of today reach heights of over 400 feet and speeds in excess of 100 miles per hour. Roller coasters towering taller than a certain height are terrifying for many individuals but it would be boring to simply make a list of the world’s tallest coasters. As a result, most of the bone-chilling machines in this list do not use sheer height to terrify, but instead prey on our fears and emotions in other, more creative ways. One element alone may not make a ride terrifying but the sum of all of its parts does. What factors make a roller coaster terrifying? Height, speed, inversions, backwards segments, unique track elements, darkness, and unexpected surprises all contribute to making your head spin and your knees tremble. Where are the most terrifying roller coasters found? Who designs them? Which park builds the craziest rides? Find out by reading The 50 Most Terrifying Roller Coasters Ever Built! The second coaster book from Nick Weisenberger, author of Coasters 101: An Engineer’s Guide to Roller Coaster Design which is the most in-depth look at how a roller coasters are designed, from concept through construction.