Dark Fire (Last Dragon Chronicles) - Softcover

D'Lacey, Chris

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0545102731 ISBN 13: 9780545102735

Publisher: Scholastic Inc., 2011

Synopsis

Chris d'Lacey is back with more magic and dragons in the fifth book of his New York Times bestselling Last Dragon Chronicles!

David Rain was lost in the Arctic and it was up to his daughter, Alexa, to bring him back. This one little girl had the power to save her father, but when she found him, she uncovered a lot more than just David: Dragons have finally returned to Earth as well. . . .

Don't miss Chris d'Lacey's addition to his rich dragon mythology in his next series, The Erth Dragons!

About this title

About the Author:

Chris d'Lacey is the author of several highly acclaimed books, including the New York Times bestselling Last Dragon Chronicles: The Fire Within, Icefire, Fire Star, The Fire Eternal, Dark Fire, Fire World, and The Fire Ascending. Additionally, he is the author of the middle-grade series The Dragons of Wayward Crescent, also published by Orchard Books. He lives in Devon, England, with his wife, where he is at work on his next book.
Visit www.scholastic.com/LastDragonChronicles to learn more about Chris d'Lacey's books.
 

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"We went to Cambridge," Lucy blurted as if it was an alternative form of hello. "Why did you send Gadzooks to that professor?" David's gaze shifted sideways and he shrugged. "I didn't" "But-there was a dragon in his room that wrote things down." "The description Professor Steiner gave us sounded very much like Zookie," said Liz. "Oh, I'm sure it was him," said David, moving his toe against the ground. "But he wasn't sent to Cambridge on my orders. For the moment, he's in the service of a dragon called G'Oreal. "Who's G'Oreal?" Liz and Lucy spoke together. David smiled and looked at them in turn. Give or take a few wrinkles, they could have been twins. "He's an ice dragon, the leader of a colony that's settling in the Arctic. What message did Gadzooks leave?' "Scuffenbury," said Lucy, in a quiet voice. "Do you know where it is?" David looked inside himself, recalling something distant. "Yes. There's a dragon there." "Oh?" said Liz. "Hidden? Not dead?" asked Lucy. "In statis," David said. "it's one of the last twelve." Liz and Lucy exchanged a glance. They knew the legend of the last twelve dragons very well, but to be suddenly confronted with evidence of it...

About this edition

• Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0545102731
• ISBN 13: 9780545102735
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 576