The Dragon, the Blade and the Thread

Frustrated by his father’s expectation to follow in his footsteps, Prince Corin prefers sewing to sword fighting. His cousin Elinor has the eagerness for skills at arms which he lacks and, by a stroke of luck, uncovers a plot to overthrow the crown. Both cousins are befriended by a marketplace magician, whom the queen suspects is a master of the black arts and the cause of their Luck Dragon’s baffling illness. When their lives and the destiny of the kingdom are at stake, Corin must choose either to trust this mysterious old man or heed the warnings of his parents.

This book concludes the Star Trilogy. Lovers of dragon books will find many hours of enjoyable reading with this dragon book series.

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The old man’s head jerked up when he heard the sound he had been waiting for. He jumped to his feet and pressed himself into the deeper shadows of the walls outcropping. He watched in silence as the great beast slowly lumbered into view. For weeks the old man had come regularly to observe the dragon and could by now see clear signs that it was losing the vigor it once had. Now it looked tired even early in the day. He followed the movement in the dragons eye as it scanned the spot where he stood, but showed no sign of having seen him. You are so sly, he chuckled to himself.

The man looked up at the boy sitting on the dragons neck. He was really too old to still be called a boy, although he had not yet grown to manhood. He was whistling to himself, lost in some reverie. He never noticed the stranger hiding in the shadows. It’s time to wake up from your daydreaming, the old man reflected. His hand reached for the dagger at his belt, and his fingers followed the contours of the intricate design on its blade. He looked down at his other hand which still held the coin. With a quick flick of his wrist and a blur of fingers, the coin disappeared from sight, and the old man smiled.

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