The Karalystë Chronicles ( Book One: The Dragon Tamer )

"It was late at night, and the moon cast an eerie shadow over the treetops. Shadows danced across the forest floor, the tall pines stretching their branches to the sky, reaching for the heavens above.

It was silent; The only signs of life were the crickets occasionally chirping and the hoot of an owl as it swooped over head. A young buck crept through the bushes, its senses alert. A girl, she seemed no more than seventeen or eighteen, slipped silently through the undergrowth, her hand clasping a small bow. She had slung a quiver of raven-feather arrows over her shoulder, and she wore a cloak, the color of the midnight sky. There was the sound of an arrow being notched in the sinew string of the bow, as it was pulled back, and with a pang, it was released, cutting through the air like the blade of an elven dagger."

Lucinda Grace, a young girl living in the poorer villages of Cobalt, the shimmering district in the Kalnas Mountains, nestled in the farthest corners of the kingdom of Karalystė, holds a secret. One that absolutely no one must know....

When reports of magical attacks just outside the Mountains reaches her village, the whole district begins to panic. While hunting in the forest of Sidalvras, Lucy finds a strange rune, but what does it mean? Allying with Sabina, an outsider, and runaway from the district of Miestas, Blaise, a mysterious childhood friend, whose fiery attitude clashes with Lucinda's more intuitive mindset, and Arden, a wise older woman, famous for her knowledge of mythical beasts and healing, Lucinda must work with the ancient beasts of old to stop the oncoming threat, becoming one of the great Dragon Tamers.