Into the Dragon's Maw

"And so it was," Baz concluded, "that I abandoned my people, mounted my dragon, and came to your lands."

Not even the flame of rebellion can melt the snows of the Icy Heights in winter. So, despite their resounding victory against the forces of Erstwhile, Baz and his rebels have spent the last four months holed up in the city of Enigma, waiting for the reprisal that is surely on its way from the rest of Oration come spring.

But just as the spring thaw starts, the unthinkable happens. Enigma is attacked, and one Baz holds dear is taken. Responsibilities or no, Baz goes after the kidnappers, accompanied by Rox and his recently returned Book Dragon, Eromér. Their chase takes them into the Karst, the mysterious wasteland beyond the eastern limits of Oration. There, Baz meets the natives and enlists their aid.

But the natives' help isn't free. They have a problem of their own. The Ravagers, wild barbarians who live at the borders of their territory, have a new leader, a terrifying figure known simply as the Placid Man. Baz must agree to dispatch this villain in return for their aid in finding the one who was taken from him. Sounds easy enough to Baz. After all, he has a Book Dragon. But the Placid Man is no ordinary foe, and when Baz learns his true identity, everything will change.

Continue Baz's journey in the next installment of The Spoken Books Uprising today!

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