The dragon flying over Tiadun bay is the only thing that Darna loves in the provinces, and she’s also the only person she knows of who can see it. There’s nothing else she likes about life at Tiadun keep. When she learns that she might be the daughter of the prince, she’s afraid she’ll be trapped there forever so she flees to the city of Anamat. In the city, there will be others who can see the dragons, or so the minstrels say.  Along the way, she meets Myril, an older girl with frequent premonitions and an eerie sense of hearing. At the walls, they find Iola, so dragon-struck that she wants to be a priestess, and Thorat, her devoted champion. Despite these newfound friends, life in the city isn’t easy. Darna scavenges for scraps and just about gets by, but when she's offered a sack of gold beads for a small bit of thieving, she takes her chances... and ends up angering the city’s patron dragon.

Scrapplings Children of the Dragons








Chapter 12: On the Run

What is opened can be closed, what is closed, opened.

– A scrappling saying

“
We need to leave now!” Darna hissed.

Giri got the idea, but Darna had to grab the bread right out of Elna’s hands to make her listen. Eventually she caught on, too.

They...

ANAMAT BOOK ONE

Title Page

Prologue: The Lost Land

Chapter 1: Darna’s Discovery

Chapter 2: Crossing the Hills

Chapter 3: The Walls of Anamat

Chapter 4: The Ballad of Ara and Enat

Chapter 5: A Shelter

Chapter 6: The Box

Chapter 7: Cereans

Chapter 8: Nira

Chapter 9: The Tongues of Anamat

Chapter 10: The Commission

Chapter 11: In the Governor’s Palace

Chapter 12: On the Run

Chapter 13: The Boys Take their Share

Chapter 14: Giri, Again

Chapter 15: Iola at the Gates

Chapter 16: Darna and the Boys

Chapter 17: Midsummer Night

Epilogue: Entering the temple

Author’s Note