Dragon Charmers #1

Mountains of Fire

191 pages
Published June 2006
HarperCollins NZ

Logan lives in Shanoria – the Kingdom of dragons and is apprenticed to an elderly absent-minded wizard called Zared. Logan appears to have little talent for wizardry, as most of his spells imply explode leaving a terrible mess.
 

Logan’s best friend is Alyxa – a young girl who has a rare ability as a dragon charmer. She can soothe and entrance dragons, which enables them to be commanded by humans. The dragons of Shanoria are mostly used for transport and for racing.

The dragons farmed in the kingdom come in three colours – yellow, green, and the highly prized blue. The charm slowly wears off and they have to be re-charmed to make them compliant. Not all dragons in Shanoria can be tamed, and the feared red dragons who live in the Mountains of Fire stage regular raids and carry off young boys – never to be seen again.

No rescue attempt has ever been mounted until a young prince is carried off by a large red in front of Logan, Alyxa, the king and his arrogant son, Prince Myles. the king demands that Zared rescue his young son by casting a spell. Zared seems to have lost all grip on reality and it is now up to Logan to try to cast a ‘seeing spell ’ so they can find where the young prince has been taken.

They are short of one ingredient for the spell – a white dragon ’s heart.