DragonSpell

DragonKeeper Chronicles, Book 1

By: Donita K. Paul

Narrated by: Ellen Grafton

Once a slave girl in the village of River Away, Kale is freed when she discovers a dragon's egg. She is given the unexpected opportunity to journey to the great walled city of Vendala to become a servant to Paladin. Yet this young girl has much to learn about the difference between slavery and service.

A Desperate Search Begins...

A small band of Paladin's servants rescue Kale from danger but turn her from her destination: The Hall, where she was to be trained as a dragon-keeper. Feeling afraid and unprepared, Kale embarks on a perilous quest to find the meech dragon egg stolen by the foul wizard Risto. First, she and her comrades must find Wizard Fenworth. But their journey is threatened when a key member of the party is captured, leaving the remaining companions to find Fenworth, attempt an impossible rescue, and recover the egg whose true value they have not begun to suspect...

Weaving together memorable characters, daring adventure, and a core of eternal truth, Dragonspell is a finely crafted and welcome addition to the corpus of fantasy fiction.

©2004 Donita K. Paul (P)2009 Brilliance Audio, Inc.

Critic reviews

In Dragonspell, Donita K. Paul has created an amazing world of fantasy adventure. From riding on dragons to jumping off cliffs to moving mountains, this story is sure to spark a reader's imagination-young and old. And with a message of identity transformed from slavery to servanthood, it's a book families will love reading and discussing together." - Christopher P. N. Maselli, children's author of Reality Shift and founder of TruthPop.com

Enjoyable Harry Potter like world with a Christian World View

I picked this up looking for a good adventure for my girls and was pleasantly surprised by the life lessons the main character grapples with. Nice Christian allegory. Characters were nicely developed... but fell just short of the JK Rowling level of detail... but I repeat... Just short...I have already picked up book number 2

I loved this story!

Lived it! This author is very descriptive, it was very easy to imagine the story!

love!

I loved reading this book as a child. And I really enjoyed listening to again as an adult.

love this story

I read this story once when it came out and now I am happy I get to hear it over again and again.

Many Bible truths creatively brought to life

Such good storytelling, wonderfully in sync with spirited narration. Moved along quickly. A delightful read!