Book of the Month - March 2005

Series: Dragons in our Midst

Title: Raising Dragons, The Candlestone, Circles of Seven

Author: Bryan Davis

Publisher: Living Ink Books

ISBN: 0-89957-170-0, 0-89957-171-9. Circles of Seven to be published soon. Adavnced Reading Copy available.

Genre: Inspirational Fiction

Raising Dragons

The Candlestone

Circles of Seven

About the Author

"Halt, foul dragon!"

Billy stared at the tall stranger, a ghostly figure draped in dark chain mail. He looked like a knight of some kind, like a toy box action figure come to life. But what was he so mad about? Could he be yelling at me? The knight swung a sword in his right hand. Its brilliant blade flashed in the sun, and his armor jingled all over his body, echoing his swift, skillful moves. With a wave of his shield he barked a challenge. "I fear you not, fiend, nor your hellish fire! Come to battle, and we shall see whom the Creator will protect!"

Billy opened his mouth to answer, but he couldn't talk. His throat burned like a sizzling sidewalk, and acid bubbled up from his boiling stomach. With a convulsive shudder, he belched a plume of hot, steamy gases, blistering his tongue and scorching his lips. A second later a raging river of fire blasted through his gaping mouth and hurtled toward the knight. The warrior jerked up his shield and tucked his body behind its protective armor. The flaming torrent splashed around the shield's edges, tearing the sword from his hand and enveloping his sleeve. The knight shook his hand and flapped his blazing arm. "Cursed lizard!"

Billy clamped his hand over his mouth and tried to suck cool air between his fingers to soothe his swollen tongue. What's going on? Did that fire come from me? Does he think I'm the dragon? Billy looked at his hands. They were normal, eight fingers, two thumbs, no scales or claws. But something was different. A ring glittered on his right index finger. somehow it looked...familiar.

In the ring's center a dark red stone stared at him like a bloody, luminescent eye, the prophetic eye of a mysterious old man, a deep caldron of swirling scarlet. Billy felt the cyclonic vision drawing him closer and closer, and his mind swam in the dizzying whirlpool. The stone reflected everything around him, even his worried face. As the eye's glow deepened, Billy's features morphed. His ears grew out wide and toothy. Within seconds the transformation was complete. "I am a dragon!" he shouted.

Exert from Raising Dragons, the first book in the Dragons in our Midst series.

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