In a world where dragons are predators and humans are prey, a greedy human king tries to destroy a family of dragons until Ragel must rise up to protect his brood. Ragel wants to live a quiet life with his mate, Saah, and their four dragonlings in the sheltered valley he had previously claimed as his own. King Thorn believes dragons are mere animals and refuses to accept Ragel's prior claim to the valley, especially after the greedy king discovers gold there. Thorn plots to regain the valley after Ragel destroys the mining camp, but is temporarily thwarted by weather and attacks along his kingdom’s borders by other dragons. Meanwhile, Ragel is teaching his four dragonlings about the world and their history until his most troublesome daughter brings home a young two-leg (human) as a pet. When the pet learns the dragon language and teaches her own tongue to the dragonlings, Ragel is forced to confront his own prejudices about creatures he has viewed as nothing but prey. When summer comes, tension between the greedy human king and the protective dragon father grows until the conflict erupts in fire and steel. Who will survive? This middle-grade (for ages 8-13) short story is told from the point-of-view of both the dragon, Ragel, and the human, King Thorn. It is broken up into nine chapters and is just over 10,000 words with a Lexile rating of 830L. The next part, Naahla's Pet, will be coming out soon.

"Pain and pleasure are two sides of the same coin and I spend freely. Which side faces up in the end isn’t my concern. I enjoy them both equally."

Kyla is an immortal water spirit called an Ondine. She lives in Key West, Florida and plays in a bar called the Parrot Dice Bar and Grill.

Tomas Salazar owns a fifty-foot charter boat and sailed into Key West never expecting to stay. Five years later, he still longs for Kyla and can’t bring himself to move along.

When a hired assassin named Vito Quesada stops in the bar for a beer, his interest in Kyla puts all three of them on a collision course that will change all their lives forever.

An engaging history of royal and imperial families and dynastic power, enriched by a body of surprising and memorable source material.