Chris D'Lacey The Last Dragon Chronicles Collection 7 Books Box Set ( The Fire Within )

Titles In This Set:1. The Fire Within2. Icefire3. Fire Star4. The Fire Eternal5. Dark Fire6. Fire World7. The Fire Ascending Condition: BRAND NEWFormat: Paperback ISBN: 9781408354681 Description: The Fire Within'David ran a hand through his mop of brown hair. Dragons. It was certainly different from his last set of lodgings, where all you got were spiders and the occasional mouse. "It's perfect," he said. 'When David arrives at Wayward Crescent, he has no idea what lurks inside the Penny kettle house. Only when he's given his own special dragon does he begin to unlock their mysterious secrets, and to discover the fire within... IcefireLife isn't exactly normal lodging at the Pennykettles - not when you're surrounded by hundreds of clay pottery dragons. Fate seems to be dictating an unusual course for David when his university tutor sets him on a writing project on the existence - or not - of dragons. The tantalizing prize - a fully-funded research trip to the Arctic - seems just within his grasp. David starts to research the subject and soon discovers a connection between dragons and the Arctic just as it begins to snow. Is it only a coincidence? Or could deeper forces be at work? As David starts to uncover more about the dragons, he finds himself drawn down a path from which there is no going back to a time when dragons really did exist and their secrets were guarded by the polar bears of the Arctic. If David is going to have any chance of winning the research trip, he has to open his mind to the legend of dragons and the mysterious secret of Icefire. Fire StarA research trip to the Arctic and a new book - life can't get much better for David Rain. As soon as David finds himself in the icy climes, he starts to write his story of bears, dragons and the mysterious fire star. Soon he realises that his tale is beginning to mirror real life and that an old adversary is on her way to meet him. Can David thwart her terrible master plan? Or will his world be destroyed forever? The Fire EternalFive years have passed since David Rain, now a cult author, disappeared mysteriously in the Arctic. Life in Wayward Crescent has settled to relative normality. But as the weather grows wild and the ice caps melt, all eyes turn north, where bears and the souls of the Inuit dead are combining to produce a spectacular solution... A solution with its focus on David's child, Alexa - if the agents of evil don't reach her first. Dark FireWith the Earth on the brink of recolonisation by dragons, David Rain is sent on an important mission: to seek out and destroy a trace of dark fire, the deadliest force in the universe. But with success could come a terrible price, the sacrifice of a beloved clay dragon. How much does the life of one small dragon count when the alternative is the birth of a darkling...? Fire WorldChris d'Lacey's wonderful storytelling takes us on a journey with familiar characters - in an unfamiliar place. Evil Aunts, intriguing firebirds and a dangerous universe await in another action-packed, compelling story. The Fire AscendingGuaranteed to be incredible, fantastical and the ultimate page-turner, this final title in The Last Dragon Chronicles brings together the amazing characters and wonderful worlds that Chris d'Lacey has drawn on throughout the series - in one stunning finale. About the authorChris d’Lacey writes books for children of all ages, but is best known for his series The Last Dragon Chronicles which have sold nearly four million copies worldwide. He likes dragons. Check out his latest Erth Dragons series, beginning with book one, The Wearle. That is indeed VERY dragony. And fans of the supernatural might like his UNICORNE Files series - a kind of 'X-Files' for kids. Book one is called A Dark Inheritance. Chris's early ambition was to be a songwriter, and he did not begin writing fiction until he was in his early thirties. He kicked off with a gentle ‘Christmassy’ story that grew, alarmingly, into a 250,000 word adult saga about polar bears. It is still to come out of his ‘bottom drawer’. He progressed to writing bizarre short stories and had a smattering of efforts placed in a variety of well-regarded small press magazines. He had no real plans to try children’s fiction until a friend suggested he enter a competition to write a story for nine-year-olds. He didn’t win the competition, but sent the story to a publisher who picked it off a slush pile. Not surprisingly, he has now switched completely to children’s fiction and has published some thirty-odd titles, many of which have been widely translated. ‘Fly, Cherokee, Fly’ (his first children’s novel) was highly commended for the Carnegie Medal. In July 2002, he was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Leicester (where he worked for twenty-eight years as a scientist of sorts) for his services to children’s fiction. He now writes full time and is a regular visitor to schools, libraries and book festivals. He lives