The Hidden Dragon (Paperback or Softback)

In the world of The Dragon Nimbus series

With dragons you have to rewrite the textbooks.

Mark Kimmer (Kim), Martin Konner (Konner), and Mathew Kameron (Loki) O'Hara have been space faring smugglers and pirates almost all of their lives. On the run, as usual, from the Imperial Military Police (IMPs) they fly through a rogue jump point and land on a lost Earth colony planet where dragons are real and magic works. They use their technology and new-found psi powers to free some slaves and cure a plague.

The locals proclaim them the Stargods.

Then they have to live up to it.

They each have a separate agenda. But can they repair their ship in time to meet their appointments back in civilization? Only if the dragons allow it, they reinvent the laws of physics, and break their hearts leaving behind all those they come to love.

Irene Radford has been writing stories ever since she figured out what a pencil was for. A member of an endangered species--a native Oregonian who lives in Oregon--she and her husband make their home in Welches, Oregon where deer, bears, coyotes, hawks, owls, and woodpeckers feed regularly on their back deck.
A museum trained historian, Irene has spent many hours prowling pioneer cemeteries deepening her connections to the past. Raised in a military family she grew up all over the US and learned early on that books are friends that don't get left behind with a move. Her interests and reading range from ancient history, to spiritual meditations, to space stations, and a whole lot in between.
Mostly Irene writes fantasy and historical fantasy including the best-selling Dragon Nimbus Series. In other lifetimes she writes urban fantasy as P.R. Frost and space opera as C.F. Bentley.