Arbitrary Skepticism: David doubting the dragons at first is completely logical, but by the second book, one wonders why his Weirdness Censor is so hardy.

Anyone Can Die: Taken to extremes in The Fire Ascending.

Amnesiac God: Actually it'd be Amnesiac Fain, but for all intents and purposes, David and Alexa would be very nearly as powerful.

Fire Ascending goes through quite a few.

Aesop Amnesia: Despite seeing the dragons alive at the end of the first book, David's back to doubting their existence in the second.

And David and the Pennykettles must protect them from all who would do them harm!įair warning: This series likes to do interesting things to your mind. But they still have dragon's sparks, deep down. Dragons aren't the big beasts they once were - now, they must take clay bodies. Liz and Lucy are among the last protectors of the world's dragons - descendants of Guinivere, a maiden who befriended the last 'true' dragon. David refuses to believe this at first - but his sudden inspiration to write stories, and Gadzooks' own pen and paper, soon force him into believing that there is more to Wayward Crescent than meets the eye.ĭavid is soon dragged deep into the secret history and world of dragons. Some of the dragons they make are just statuary, but some of them are alive. Through his adventures with Lucy, he soon realizes that there is more to the Pennykettles than there seems. As David settles into life with the Pennykettles, he starts noticing strange things - movement in the corner of his eye here, the feeling of being watched there, and odd noises everywhere. Liz is an artist - she makes clay dragons, and even gives David a dragon of his own, whom he names Gadzooks. David moves in with her and her ten-year-old daughter, Lucy. He finds a woman named Elizabeth 'Liz' Pennykettle, who is renting out part of her house on a street called Wayward Crescent.

The series begins when David, an Ordinary College Student, starts looking for a place to stay during his term. As of this writing, there are seven main books in the series, plus a spinoff series for young readers. The series began in 2001, and is still going. The Last Dragon Chronicles is a group of bestselling children's fantasy novels by the English author Chris d'Lacey.

The Fire Within by Chris d'Lacey