Dragon Seed

When you lose everything, can you trust a monster to help? When Benzel is a boy, his family is murdered and his village is destroyed by berserkers. Now grown, he dedicates his life to finding the berserkers responsible but is stymied at every turn by magic, dragons, and dragonslayers. Benzel meets a monster that can help him, but at what cost?

Skallagrim doesn’t belong on Tower Island. He looks nothing like anyone else in his family or the Scalding clan that raised him. Deep down, he knows he doesn’t belong. So do the others in his clan. When Skallagrim acquires the coveted job of a dragonslayer, his envious brother plots to kill him and take his place. Oblivious to his brother’s murderous plot, Skallagrim’s heart will be tested, as well as his willingness to forgive the harm done by the family secrets he will soon uncover.

Skallagrim is enraged when his brother Frandulane kills someone Skallagrim loves. Fraught with anger and the desire for vengeance, Skallagrim is willing to sacrifice everything to track down and destroy his brother.

Young Drageen is now the leader of the Scalding clan and is devoted to his sister Astrid. But when the island is attacked by dragons, the inexperienced Drageen must follow the lead of his elders. His clan’s decisions make Drageen feel uneasy. Both Drageen and his alchemist ally are on the verge on discovering they’re being manipulated by someone in their midst. Someone they trust.