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The Story of Owen

Dragon Slayer of Trondheim
Aug 26, 2014JCLChrisK rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Life as we know it, but with dragons. Johnston has imagined what the world would be like were dragons real, wild creatures. Not super intelligent, magical beasts as is often portrayed in fantasies, but wild animals that are fiery and feed on carbon emissions. Humanity's fiercest, deadly competition for territory. As told through the eyes of a teenage girl in contemporary Canada who has been recruited by a family of famous dragon slayers to help de-corporatize the profession, an aspiring musician and composer who is asked to be the bard for young Owen as they attempt to re-establish the tradition of every village having a dragon slayer who works for the community instead of hiring out to the highest-bidding government or corporation. An amazingly realized scenario with great characters and great commentary on reality as we know it.