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A Hero’s Wish
by Scott T. Barnes

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Carlyle couldn’t help gaping at the jade dragon. The beast’s neck curved along the vaulted ceiling then sloped downward twenty feet to a carriage-sized head. A burning haystack balanced on its tongue and the dragon sucked air through the flames, showering its throat with sparks.

Pages climbed over its back, polishing the scales with soapstone. They were in a tunnel under the massive stadium. Chants from the audience packing the bleachers overhead vibrated through the limestone and thrummed against Carlyle’s heart. But still he could hear the dragon scales rubbing against each other as it swiveled its head, like a whetstone against a blade.

Carlyle’s mother vigorously rubbed sandalwood oil into his hair, finishing with a hard twist that left him grimacing.. “Don’t stare. Pretend that you see dragons every day. The judges are watching.”

“You’re hurting me.” Carlyle didn’t care if the judges saw him staring. He welcomed it, in fact. Anything to get out of this tourney.

Naomi Novik’s World of Dragons
by Theresa Bane

A few years back I was sitting next to Jim Butcher at Dragon Con. He was autographing books for fans and having a good old time chatting it up with each and every one of them. I was sitting next to him in an assistant-like fashion. Taking the stack of books from the next person in line, neatly printing their name on a post-it and sticking it out of the title page for each book. It made life just a little bit easier for Jim and was my good deed for the day. One of the folks in line was a buddy of mine, a lovable scamp we all call Pirate Glen (but that’s a tale for another blog…). He and Jim were talking about books that they each read for pleasure and they both had commented on the “Temeraire” series of books by Naomi Novik. When asked my opinion on the books at that time I had nothing to contribute because not only had I not read the books, I had not even heard of the author. Upon uttering that statement, every jaw at Dragon Con dropped. I was ordered by Jim to go and read the first book in the series as soon as possible, if not sooner. After the signing, Pirate Glen took me by hand and led me to a book dealer at the con where I picked up a copy of His Majesty’s Dragon the first book in the series. There was much rejoicing.
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