Dragon Heart

Download or read book Dragon Heart written by Cecelia Holland and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2015-09 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "You got your castle, your princess, your dragon ... But wait. This is from one of today's most acclaimed historical novelists, author of Jerusalem, The Firedrake, and The Great Maria-Cecelia Holland, the queen of lean and mean. So it's a real castle, a real princess, and a real dragon. And a real hell of a ride." -Terry Bisson, author of Any Day Now Where the Cape of Winds juts into the endless sea, there is Castle Ocean which is either haunted or simply alive, and therein dwells the royal family that has ruled it from time immemorial. But there is an Empire growing in the East, and its forces have reached the castle. King Reymarro is dead in battle, and by the new treaty, Queen Marioza must marry one of the Emperor's brothers. She loathes the idea, and has already killed the first brother, but a second arrives, escorted by more soldiers. While Marioza delays, her youngest son, Jeon, goes on a journey in search of his mute twin, Tirza, who needs to be present for the wedding. As Jeon and Tirza return by sea, their ship is attacked by a shocking and powerful dragon, red as blood and big as the ship. Thrown into the water, Tirza clings to the dragon, and after an underwater journey, finds herself alone with the creature in an inland sea pool. Surprisingly, she is able to talk to the beast, and understand it. So begins a saga of violence, destruction, and death, of love and monsters, human and otherwise.