Dragons of the Watch - Donita K. Paul [0]
DragonKeeper Chronicles and Chiril Chronicles
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OTHER BOOKS
BY DONITA K. PAUL
Dragons of Chiril
(formerly The Vanishing Sculptor)
Dragons of the Valley
DragonSpell
DragonQuest
DragonKnight
DragonFire
DragonLight
Two Tickets to the Christmas Ball
BY DONITA K. PAUL
AND EVANGELINE DENMARK
The Dragon and the Turtle
The Dragon and the Turtle Go on Safari
DRAGONS OF THE WATCH
PUBLISHED BY WATERBROOK PRESS
12265 Oracle Boulevard, Suite 200
Colorado Springs, Colorado 80921
The characters and events in this book are fictional, and any resemblance to actual persons or events is coincidental.
Copyright © 2011 by Donita K. Paul
Published in association with the literary agency of Alive Communications Inc., 7680 Goddard Street, Suite 200, Colorado Springs, CO 80920, www.alivecommunications.com.
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher.
Published in the United States by WaterBrook Multnomah, an imprint of the Crown Publishing Group, a division of Random House Inc., New York.
WATERBROOK and its deer colophon are registered trademarks of Random House Inc.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Paul, Donita K.
Dragons of the watch : a novel / Donita K. Paul. — 1st ed.
p. cm.
eISBN: 978-0-307-72960-6
1. Dragons—Fiction. I. Title.
PS3616.A94D7295 2011
813′.6—dc22
2011020648
v3.1
To those readers who take the time to write encouraging words. You brighten my days and make my work worthwhile.
Contents
Cover
Other Books by This Author
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Acknowledgments
Map
1: Invitation
2: Departure
3: Within a Cloud
4: A Beacon
5: No One at Home
6: Within the City
7: Rumbard City
8: Pickles and Mustard
9: In the Library
10: A Walk in the Night
11: A Good Night’s Rest
12: Meet the Dragons
13: Sing, Sing a Song
14: Daggarts and Danger
15: Home, Sweet Hovel
16: In Search of Flour and Eggs
17: A Picture Tells a Tale
18: Pickles and Calamity
19: Clean Up
20: A New Start
21: A Diary’s Account
22: The Bells Did It
23: Old One and Orli
24: Escape
25: Discovery
26: First Duty
27: Sticks and Stones
28: Good? Good!
29: Snips and Snails
30: A Goal, No Two
31: Realization
32: Morning Revelations
33: Tuck
34: Birth Day
35: Where Is Porky?
36: Rescuing Porky
37: Gray Phantom
38: Sighting a Wizard
39: The Gang
40: Run!
41: Sanctuary
42: Fairy Tale
43: The Clan
44: Keys, Keys, Keys
45: Doors, Doors, Doors
46: The Bottle Wizard’s Bottles
47: A Wizard’s Way
48: Journey to the Other Side
49: Rendezvous
50: The Ball
Epilogue: In and Out of the Bottle
Appendix