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In a modern mega-city built around dragons, one boy gets caught up
in the world of underground dragon battles and a high-stakes gang
war that could tear his family apart. In the city of Drakopolis,
dragons and humans have co-existed for centuries. Dragons burn the
city's garbage, taxi its busy citizens from place to place, and
even compete in vicious underground battles for ganglike kins. But
the dragons also compete in legal sports, like the spectacular
aerial races that draw in cheering crowds by the tens of thousands.
Abel is at just such a race when he witnesses the unthinkable. A
long-shot competitor pulls off an impossible win -- then flies into
a destructive rage! Someone in the city is experimenting on
dragons: hacking their DNA, rebuilding their bodies, and breaking
their minds. Who could be driving the dragons berserk? Abel must
find out who's behind the experiments and put a stop to them, and
to do so he'll infiltrate the kins' underground street races on a
long-shot dragon of his own. But with his sister working for a kin,
his brother serving the city's secret police, and a bully at school
racing for Abel's worst enemies, will Abel find any safety past the
finish line?
In a modern mega-city built around dragons, one boy gets caught up
in the world of underground dragon battles and a high-stakes gang
war that could tear his family apart. Once, dragons nearly drove
themselves to extinction. But in the city of Drakopolis, humans
domesticated them centuries ago. Now dragons haul the city's cargo,
taxi its bustling people between skyscrapers, and advertise its
wares in bright, neon displays. Most famously of all, the dragons
battle. Different breeds take to the skies in nighttime bouts
between the infamous kins--criminal gangs who rule through violence
and intimidation. Abel has always loved dragons, but after a
disastrous showing in his dragon rider's exam, he's destined never
to fly one himself. All that changes the night his sister appears
at his window, entrusting him with a secret...and a stolen dragon.
Turns out, his big sister is a dragon thief! Too bad his older
brother is a rising star in Drakopolis law enforcement... To
protect his friends and his family, Abel must partner with the
stolen beast, riding in kin battles and keeping more secrets than a
dragon has scales. When everyone wants him fighting on their side,
can Abel figure out what's worth fighting for?
In Gold Wings Rising, the final installment of Alex London's
Skybound Saga, Kylee and Brysen must fight for their lives and
their humanity. Book 1 was a Today Show Book Club Pick! The war on
the ground has ended, but the war with the sky has just begun.
After the Siege of the Six Villages, the ghost eagles have trapped
Uztaris on both sides of the conflict. The villagers and Kartami
alike hide in caves, huddled in terror as they await nightly
attacks. Kylee aims to plunge her arrows into each and every ghost
eagle; in her mind, killing the birds is the only way to unshackle
the city's chains. But Brysen has other plans. While the humans fly
familiar circles around each other, the ghost eagles create schemes
far greater and more terrible than either Kylee or Brysen could
have imagined. Now, the tug-of-war between love and power begins to
fray, threatening bonds of siblinghood and humanity alike.
In Red Skies Falling, Alex London's thrilling sequel to Black Wings
Beating, the epic fantasy Skybound Saga continues as twins Kylee
and Brysen are separated by the expanse of Uztar, but are preparing
for the same war--or so they think. Kylee is ensconced in the Sky
Castle, training with Mem Uku to master the Hollow Tongue and the
Ghost Eagle. But political intrigue abounds and court drama seems
to seep through the castle's stones like blood from a broken
feather. Meanwhile, Brysen is still in the Six Villages, preparing
for an attack by the Kartami. The Villages have become Uztar's
first line of defense, and refugees are flooding in from the
plains. But their arrival lays bare the villagers' darkest
instincts. As Brysen navigates the growing turmoil, he must also
grapple with a newfound gift, a burgeoning crush on a mysterious
boy, and a shocking betrayal. The two will meet again on the
battlefield, fighting the same war from different sides. But the
Ghost Eagle has its own plans.
In a modern mega-city built around dragons, one boy gets caught up
in the world of underground dragon battles and a high-stakes gang
war that could tear his family apart. Banished from Drakopolis to
the desolate frontier town of Glassblower's Gulch, Abel and his
family must face a harsh new reality: life without dragons. Far
from the lights and lizards of the megacity, Abel's new home
effectively bans the great beasts. Anyone caught smuggling dragons
is hauled away by the ruthless sheriff and her fearsome deputies.
They have the only dragons in town, and they run the dreaded dragon
rodeo, which pits those who fall afoul of the sheriff's "justice"
against a wild dragon in a competition for their freedom. It's
dragon versus human and only one can win. Cut off from his friends
and desperate to keep his fractious family together, Abel is
determined not to break a single rule, even though the sheriff has
it out for him. He's going to be a model citizen. Then he discovers
the baby wyvern. It's a tiny, defenseless thing--and it definitely
won't survive without his help. Abel has made it his mission to aid
any dragon that needs him. But what is he willing to risk for a
baby wyvern in a town without mercy?
Brysen and Kylee are twins but they couldn't be more different.
Brysen wears his heart on his sleeve and strives to be a falconer
like his late father. Kylee has no time for love and runs their
family's business to make ends meet. She wants nothing to do with
falconry even though she may have a power hidden deep inside that
begs otherwise. Together they embark on a journey - Brysen to save
the boy he loves, and Kylee to save Brysen from getting killed -
into the treacherous Uztari mountains. They are hunting the
legendary Ghost Eagle, a beast deadly enough to sway the tides in a
territorial war about to ravage their village. Alex London weaves a
gripping tale to begin this trilogy about the power of communal
memory, genocide, and the bonds of blood.
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