The Pygmy Dragon

Shapeshifter Dragon Legends Book 1

By: Marc Secchia

Narrated by: Ryan Prizio

Stolen from her jungle home and sold to a zookeeper, Pip knows only a world behind bars, a world in which a Pygmy warrior and her giant ape friends are a zoo attraction. She dreams of being human. She dreams of escaping to the world outside her cage.

Then, the dragon Zardon kidnaps her into a new life. Pip rides dragonback across the Island-World to her new school - a school inside a volcano. A school where humans learn to be Dragon Riders. But this is only a foretaste of her magical destiny, for the Dragon Assassins are coming. They have floated an island across the Rift and their aim is nothing less than the massacre of all dragons.

Now, the courage of the smallest will be tested to the utmost. For Pip is the Pygmy Dragon, and this is her tale.

©2014 Marc Secchia (P)2015 Marc Secchia

Shapeshifter Series

I love the series but I am sad that the 3 book of Shapeshifter Dragon series. I listen to book at work and walking. Thanks

good story bad reader

I dont write reviews most because I dont have time and i am driving as i listen (dont text and drive lol) so hear me out... the story was wonderful every thing i expected out of a dragon book the reader on the other hand should listen to himself once in a while in the beginning i heard stutters or hear him fixing what he said. this as a audiobook listen do not want to hear .... we want clear flowing readers to tell the story..... though towards the middle It got better.... also at the end we dont want to he similar book is you say anything just say the next book or just end the book. if we want to hear the author life story at the end of the book we will buy the paper book no offense to the author

nice start to a series

Would you listen to The Pygmy Dragon again? Why?

yes, I enjoy the story and find a second listen ( or reading) i often see nuances I missed the first time

Who was your favorite character and why?

main character , as much for her pointed thoughts of reactions /habits of the "big people"

Did the narration match the pace of the story?

yes and no Narrator voice and speed was fine , however periodically there was a miss start to a sentence , they were noticable errors and for me broke the flow of the story.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

no but it was an easy one fo rme to start and stop and not lose the story . As a caveat I do most of my listening while walking or driving so I save those I don't want to put down for when I am home and can expect few interruptions .

Wonderful book, less great reader.

Ok. I love love love this book. I've read it several times. A big main theme is escape. It's a word you read/hear often in the book. I almost stopped listening after the first few times the reader pronounced it 'exscape', along with 'exspecially'. He mispronounces very easy words, like 'hopped' - he says 'hoped'. And is it so hard to rewind the recorder to delete your stumbles and start the sentence over instead of leaving them there for all to listen to? It's jarring.
Other than a lackluster performance, I do recommend this book.

Really Good!

this book is awesome. I started with dragonfriend, and this one is just as good! It took a chapter or 2 to get use to the narrator for the audible book, the story itself was awesome and im ready to start the next book!