A Proper Introduction to Dragons
In which the author realizes there may be more dragon stories to tell.
When I started the dragon stories I was pretty certain it would be a three book arc, rather like the three volumes in which Austen presented Pride and Prejudice. Then I would be done and move on the to the next plot bunny in the plot bunny corral.
Yeah, well, the dragons had other ideas.
After writing a few scenes of Elizabeth’s backstory for the website, I realized there was more of a story to be told, so I got dragged–not quite kicking and screaming–into the origins story of Elizabeth’s relationship with the dragons. (And it didn’t stop there…)
I give you…
A Proper Introduction to Dragons
Nobody had any compassion for dragon lore expert Thomas Bennet’s nerves.
He was reconciled to the fact he was father to some of the silliest girls in the country. However, he had suspected for some time that little Elizabeth was different. When she befriended the old tatzelwurm in the woods, he was convinced.
As much as her father might rant and storm about the need for secrecy and expect that to be the end of it, Elizabeth cannot contain her curiosity about all things dragonic. Nor, would it seem, could she stem the development of her unique and prodigious talent for bonding with the creatures.
When Elizabeth discovers an abandoned clutch of fairy dragon eggs, Mr. Bennet finds an unhappy alternative before him. Somehow, he must save the dragon eggs, contend with the jealous estate dragon, and keep it all hidden from his family…or risk exposure of England’s greatest secret and the breaking of the Pendragon Treaty that keeps the tenuous peace between man and dragon.
And through it all, can he help his precocious, passionate daughter find her place in a dangerous world that little tolerance for little girls.
After reading The Trilogy [LOL], and following this as it posted on your website, I grabbed the preorder with greedy hands. I loved this backstory, or prequel, or whatever you wanted to call it. I adored little Elizabeth. You really struck gold when you started this dragon storyline. Well done. I have got to read this again. I feel a hunger for dragons coming on. Not to eat!! La! That would start a war for sure. No, to read, of course.