Prologue

In the wake of the Dragon-Human War, Nine Dragon clans known as ‘Caves’ face the aftermath of the devastation caused, defeated, their homes are destroyed and scattered, with one cave known as the ‘Ninth Cave’ peacefully unharmed by the conflict accepting exiles with welcome hospitality.

However, the threat of a civil war from those who want revenge for their destroyed homes against the humans looms. Not even constant appeasement by the Ninth Caves leader who wants no part of it can suppress the burning hatred in their hearts, and as growing support for retaliation looms, the leader of the Ninth Cave is forced to make an unpopular and consequential decision.

A classic tale of a dragon and boy but with a twist, set in an Australian inspired fantasy landscape and loosely based on its history, beyond the stereotypical European background of usual fantasy settings.

Chapter One

The United Caves face inner turmoil as its inner Dragon clans now vie for it’s leadership. Zephyr, the granddaughter of its murdered leader, Queen Reia, as yet unsolved, seeks solace within the peaceful Ninth Cave, ruled by a now ailing Pyross.

But her growing affection for the Ninth Cave Leader's son, Zederas, sparks tension when the Eighth Cave proposes a safe union outside the United Cave conflict with their own leader's daughter, the spoiled and indulged dragoness Seraphine.

But amidst Pyrosses terminal illness, Zederas’s own love for Zephyr clashes with his fathers desires and fears for the Ninth Caves future, a heartbreaking confrontation arises, intertwining love, legacy and the ideals of power, culminating in enduring echoes of a fractured Dragon realm.