Before DragonSpell, on a different continent and a different time, a young Emerlindian’s desperate decision threatens to disrupt the foundation of the world.
Tipper has been caring for her family’s estate for years now, ever since her father disappeared, making a living by selling off his famous artwork. Then she learns that three statues she sold were carved from an ancient foundation stone, and the fabric of her reality is crumbling.
She must free her father and save the world. But she can’t do it alone.
Her ragtag band of adventurers includes Beccaroon, a giant parrot; Bealomondore, an aristocratic young artist; a handsome dragonkeeper prince; the Wizard Fenworth; and the tumanhofer librarian Librettowit. Together they travel through valleys and kingdoms and consort with purveyors of good and agents of evil to find and reunite the missing statues. Will they learn to rely on Wulder’s grace and guidance along the way?
Previously released as The Vanishing Sculptor
Tipper has been caring for her family’s estate for years now, ever since her father disappeared, making a living by selling off his famous artwork. Then she learns that three statues she sold were carved from an ancient foundation stone, and the fabric of her reality is crumbling.
She must free her father and save the world. But she can’t do it alone.
Her ragtag band of adventurers includes Beccaroon, a giant parrot; Bealomondore, an aristocratic young artist; a handsome dragonkeeper prince; the Wizard Fenworth; and the tumanhofer librarian Librettowit. Together they travel through valleys and kingdoms and consort with purveyors of good and agents of evil to find and reunite the missing statues. Will they learn to rely on Wulder’s grace and guidance along the way?
Previously released as The Vanishing Sculptor
Donita K. Paul has created a delightful read in The Dragons of Chiril.
Our heroes and villains are engaging and have definite characters that seem real and not forced.
There is a definite working in of the somewhat mysterious ways and words of God, but also the truth that is inherent in Him.
That our characters struggle with understanding and denial lends even more reality to the story. The mission to spread the Good News throughout the earth is also deftly inserted into the plot.
Probably my only complaint would be that the story was resolved rather quickly and the villain dispatched without much of a fuss.
This novel is a good read for just about any age, but more so for older teens and younger.
I haven’t read Ms. Paul’s other novels, but they are definitely on the radar now.
This book was provided by Waterbrook-Multnomah at no charge to me. The only stipulation on my receiving the book is that I provide an honest review.
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