Showing results for title "The Dragon" in Anthologies & Short Stories

One dragon to play matchmaker…two knights to serve a lady’s every pleasure. When the call to arms goes out, the dragon Golgorath is the first to take to the skies. Until he finds a knight to equal his heart and fighting skill, Rath flies alone while his mate must wait for her knight, Thorn, to climb on her back. The battleground is a familiar one, an old keep, a noble house without a patriarch, under attack from the evil, snake-like skiths. Lady Cara can fight, but knows better than to try to lead men. With her brother wounded, she relies on her new Master at Arms, Tristan. He is a ...

Twenty years ago, a dragon shifter clan in Petrichor went rogue and set fire to the entire town, resulting in the deaths of thousands. In the wake of this infernal tragedy, the trajectory of the lives of the survivors—and some folk from neighboring towns—has been drastically altered, with humans and magical beings alike struggling to navigate their futures in the shadow of the ever-dreaded dragons, and some are unlucky enough to bump into them... This Box Set Includes: Dragon Enemy Tempted Dragon Enemy Enticed Dragon Enemy Denied Dragon Enemy Lured Dragon Enemy Off Limits (FREE Bonus ...

In this mythic and wondrous collection, some of the best-known authors of the fantastic explore the legends and lore of the fire-breathing creatures that have captured the imagination of adventure lovers everywhere – dragons. From S.P. Somtow’s dramatic tale of an ancient dragon owned by a family in modern Thailand to Ursula K. Le Guins’s classic story of the power of a dragon’s naming, from Tanith Lee’s portrait of a dying dragon to Harlan Ellison and Robert Silverberg’s look at a dragon whose love for a human woman could spell doom for the whole Earth—here are spectacular ...

Get the complete best-selling paranormal romance series packed with romance, action, and lovable characters throughout! The Fated Dragons Box Set is complete, with all the steamy romance and suspense that you've been waiting for. These dragons do not mess around.

Dakota was finally going to be studying Art History abroad at Bangor University in Wales. It was a dream come true, everything was going to be perfect. Or so she had hoped. She knew about the dragons of Snowdonia, how couldn't she? The whole world knew dragons existed ever since The Occurrence. It's been years since then, but the one golden rule of the university was never get involved with a dragon or face immediate expulsion. She knew the consequences, and yet...here one was, standing in front of her in all it's glory and looking hotter than ever. This was going to be tough.

A delightful collection of stories about children, princesses, and dragons who experience all the magic and wonder of exciting adventures - but with the necessity of learning proper "pleases" and thank-yous"...at least on occasion!

Silla is a healer, helping those in need. When she hears the pained cries of a dragon in distress, she comes to his aid, using most of her precious supplies to help the badly injured creature. The dragon’s knight, Brodie, is fascinated by the woman who has come to help his friend. She is both beautiful, kind hearted, and he quickly realizes she is his destined mate. And, if she is Brodie’s mate, she is Geoff’s as well, for Brodie’s dragon was mated to Geoff’s many years ago. Silla is the missing link that will make them a true Lair family - if they can just convince her.

As a lieutenant in the US Marine Corps, Michael Stuart was once considered an officer and a gentleman. But that’s all changed. Now he’s seen as a renegade, a traitor, and a thief. Stuart is a man without a country...and perhaps without a prayer. Why? Because in a daring plot to foil the Japanese puppet regime in China, he set out to reinstate the country’s true emperor. Known now as The Red Dragon, Stuart is a soldier of fortune in war-torn Manchuria - and a man of honor in a world of treachery.

This trilogy of steamy dragon shifter romance includes books three through five in the Dragon Kings of Fire and Ice series.

Dragon shifters have a horrific habit of kidnapping human children to sacrifice to their goddess. They miscalculated when they took expert thief Yara Parmstone’s little brother, though. Now, Yara is out for revenge - after she finds the final key that will allow her to save him. But the three scorching hot, mysterious men who hold that key have a message for Yara - the dragon goddess has something important in store for her. Too bad it’s not as fun as a forked dragon tongue. Soon, Yara’s racing against time to steal back her brother before his fate - and hers - are sealed.

From Anne McCaffrey comes a collection of captivating short stories that focuses on everything from spaceship adventure and shifting time-storms to ghosts and romance. The title story, set in the world of the Dragonriders of Pern series, tells of Aramina, a teenage girl who hears dragons and is relentlessly pursued for her ability. Aramina's mother fears losing her daughter completely to the life of a dragonrider, but McCaffrey has another fate in mind for her young heroine.

Dreamy fantasy stories have actually been a trend. They’ve inspired millions. As opposed to the lengthy novels, these stories are short but cut to the chase in an instant. They light up the weird and the uncanny, the marvelous as well as the fantastic: All the things we know are going beyond the reasonable and instantly realistic - into looking-glass, beyond the songs of the impossibly haunting violin, with the twisted trees of the ancient timbers.

When an ultimatum sets Cipher on a path to find his bride, his first stop is the Royal Matchmaker. But Cipher doesn’t want just any woman. He needs a perfect lady dragon who can handle all that society has to throw at her. A human with a checkered past will never do. Not even when he’s certain that she’s his fated mate.

A menace from generations past and an all-too modern antagonist threaten to attract the attention of a new kaiju with unprecedented catastrophic power… unless Reggie and Ben can team up with a celebrity psychic and two mysterious, improbable harbingers at the literal middle of nowhere to save the day, their sanity, and the world!

Macy is in big trouble. Once every hundred years, a virgin must be sacrificed to the fearsome dragon who lives on the mountaintop overlooking the village, and the oracle has chosen Macy. The fate of her people rests on her shoulders, but legend has it that no virgin has ever emerged from the mountaintop once being given to the dragon. That’s why they’re called sacrifices. Macy doesn’t want to condemn her people, but she refuses to take all this lying down. Fearsome dragon? Bring it on. She’s determined to find a way to charm this dragon while saving her village—and herself—in ...

This is a pastiche of a typical story from a 1930s pulp magazine. Music and effects were written and performed by Arthur Pryor and Bob Schaller.

Loose ends don't tie themselves Sweeping cultural changes sound very good on paper. But in the lives of normal people, even the ones who stand to benefit, those changes can be a challenge... one they might not have even asked for. In the Court of Dragons collects eight stories of the period after the events of the Chatcaavan War, focusing on changes both personal and widespread: old favorites return and new characters make their debut as we follow the effects of the war on everything from the imperial harem to the nascent Eldritch newsroom. What are the Faulfenza up to in the capital? What ...

Barbarians, dragons, mermaids, and wizards abound in this eccletic collection of fantasy from Chattanooga's own, The Corner Scribbler's. Forward and "An Oath's Other Edge" - a Shijuren universe short story - by guest author, Rob Howell.

The mute elven archer known only as Killer. Azyrin, a half Winter-orc shaman and his human swordswoman bride, Makha. Drake, the charming, swashbuckling rogue. The fireball-slinging pixie-goblin, Rahiel, and her mini-unicorn, Bill. These are the Gryphonpike Companions. En route to the town of Coldragon, the Companions find a peaceful monastery threatened by necromantic evil and get a chance to answer an important question: How many times can you kill a dragon?

Banished to Earth this Dragon has one chance to redeem himself…find his fated mate…and keep her alive… Rhett Little does he know that there is more than meets the eye with this “new agey” human he meets when he attends a strange courtship ritual known as “speed dating”. Mia Her chart says there is a beastly man about to appear in her life…so maybe this dating event won’t be a total waste of time. It’s about time she had a man in her life – and a father figure for her little girl… Little do either of them know the dangerous sequence of events that will be set in ...