Tales of a Dragon Series

"What, what's this? Another adventurer or knight come to challenge me? Why must it always be so? I shall tell you now, good fellow, I haven't the slightest desire to do battle with you. Maybe you desire the Apple, or maybe you desire to prove your valour against me in a terrible combat, winning eternal renown for the deed. (Dragon-slayers are, after all, famous.) Still, if you raise steel against me, I will strike you down to the ground. Why must you knights always think—" A young peasant lad has set off in search of the Golden Apple, the securing of which will win him the hand of the princess; but, as most things in life must be difficult, the Apple is guarded by a fearsome dragon in the distant land of Wealdhall. Will he win the Apple and, in doing so, the princess's hand, or will he perish miserably beneath the claws of the dragon? To what distant places will his journey take him? Whom will he meet with along the way? And will he ever get home? A fairy tale quite unlike others, The Quest of the Golden Apple will surprise you with its answer.

"You ought to have thought of that before. You are exiled from Newstead for ever. You are to leave the town by the morning. There is nothing that we can do. That is what the law says." When Geoffrey is exiled from his village on a spurious claim, he turns to his old friend the Dragon; but the quest before them will be utterly unlike anything the two have ever encountered before. A journey stretching over vast and formidable distances, The Enchanted Shield follows their quest to find an obscure, mythical artefact and its elusive maker, while a shadowy figure looming in the background may threaten the very land itself and all they hold dear. Will they ever find it, and will Geoffrey ever return home, from the dear precincts of which he has been so wrongfully exiled?

The Dragon and I cried out, after being released from our bonds, and I waved my hands in the air where Rochelle had been standing, in some vain attempt to determine whether she was still there or whether she had vanished, but as may be expected, my hands passed through thin air. "Rochelle!" I looked round in desperation. "Rochelle! where are you? Where have they taken you! Rochelle!" On a trip to the town of Scrywood, Geoffrey's foster-daughter is spirited away, the place she is taken to as obscure as the identity of her captors. Aided by the pirates of the Blushing Mermaid as well as the thieves' guild of Corunna, Geoffrey and his companions cross the Tainted Sea in a desperate quest to save the child. Is she still alive? And who is the mysterious figure behind her capture?

Brings together all previously-published works in the Tales of a Dragon series:   (I) The Quest of the Golden Apple A young peasant lad has set off in search of the Golden Apple, the securing of which will win him the hand of the princess; but, as most things in life must be difficult, the Apple is guarded by a fearsome dragon in the distant land of Wealdhall. Will he win the Apple and, in doing so, the princess's hand, or will he perish miserably beneath the claws of the dragon? To what distant places will his journey take him? Whom will he meet with along the way? And will he ever get home?   (II) The Enchanted Shield When Geoffrey is exiled from his village on a spurious claim, he turns to his old friend the Dragon; but the quest before them will be utterly unlike anything the two have ever encountered before. A journey stretching over vast and formidable distances, The Enchanted Shield follows their quest to find an obscure, mythical artefact and its elusive maker, while a shadowy figure looming in the background may threaten the very land itself and all they hold dear. Will they ever find it, and will Geoffrey ever return home, from the dear precincts of which he has been so wrongfully exiled?   (III) Attack on Shadowkeep On a trip to the town of Scrywood, Geoffrey's foster-daughter is spirited away, the place she is taken to as obscure as the identity of her captors. Aided by the pirates of the Blushing Mermaid as well as the thieves' guild of Corunna, Geoffrey and his companions cross the Tainted Sea in a desperate quest to save the child. Is she still alive? And who is the mysterious figure behind her capture?