The Odyssey of the Young Dragon

THE ODYSSEY OF THE YOUNG DRAGON "The exciting and dangerous adventures of a Chinese teenage girl and her younger brother" The 14 year old Chi Ling was named by her father for the small and powerful protector dragon. Chi Ling validates her name by her actions in this odyssey. Betrayed by her Aunt, and saved from being murdered by a kindly kidnapper, she and her five-year old brother, Yang, are taken by force to a distant city and dumped. There she struggles to survive, and to save Yang from being sold to rich foreigners. She meets kind-hearted people as well as evil ones. Like Odysseus, her great challenge is finding her way back home. Like his arrival, her homecoming is fraught with harsh new challenges.

Roland Reed is a professional playwright, director and sculptor. Thirteen of his plays have been produced by professional theatres. Currently he is Playwright in Residence at Synetic Theatre, in the Washington DC area. The Washington Post called his Host and Guest one of the 10 best plays to be produced in the region in the decade. He has taught drama in universities in Taiwan and in four universities in the USA. He and his wife, Sylvia, have twice gone to Shanghai on educational invitations. His previous novel is THE DRIVER AND HIS WIFE.