title: The Dragon's Castle
author: Cardona, James; Cardona, Issa
description: An award winning, young adult, action packed, fantasy romance adventure that will keep readers guessing as mystery after mystery unfolds. Bel, a wizard's apprentice accompanies his master to the capitol city to help negotiate a truce between warring kingdoms, but when they arrive he finds much more than he bargained for. His long lost love, Shireen is there and their romance is quickly rekindled. There's only one problem with that though-magician's are to remain celibate under penalty of excommunication. It's a fantasy tale that sizzles, sparkles and pops with energy, ingenuity, imagination, and a wonderfully heightened sense of adventure. All Bel wants to do is train under his master. He just acquired a full wizard's staff, at great difficulty, so he has no interest in going off on some boring trek to negotiate a truce. But when they arrive, all is not what it seems. He finds that Shireen is apprentice under Meetta and Bel can't keep his eyes off his former love. His master seems to have a strange, hypnotic attraction for Meetta, but that couldn't be right, could it? Wizard's aren't allowed  A fellow wizard, Gedd, from a neighboring kingdom seems to know just a little to much about how and why the kingdoms are at war. Is he influencing them? The avians and the birds they control are everywhere. What do they seek? Readers everywhere are calling it "compelling," "amazing" and a "story that draws you in and sweeps you off your feet." This young adult, fantasy romance adventure is told from the perspective of Bel, Shireen, Meetta and Nes'egrinon, the two apprentices and their two masters as they each try to figure out what is going on as the kingdoms stagger-step close and closer to war, while trying to sort out their intense feelings for each other. Bel and Shireen fall in love all over again and it is only after they come to this stark realization that they don't know what to do about it. It is the trade that every wizard must make. To become a magician they must forsake all relationships; they must give up love to gain knowledge. What choice will Bel and Shireen make? Are they strong enough? Can they give each other up? Should they? Reviewers are saying of this young adult, action packed, fast paced, romantic adventure, "a perfect marriage of fantasy and romance. I was gushing for their love affair and bouncing through the action scenes. I couldn't get enough of it." Bel learns of the history of the kingdoms and all is not so rosy as there is bad blood of the decades that is coming to call. The avians and the creature-kind have not forgotten their losses at the hands of the Greenland warriors and the Eastern Forest Kingdom is pushing to expand. The forest is full of adversaries, each of which having different motivations and goals. Yet one thing they all have in mind, to conquer the capitol city. That is where the four wizards find themselves, at the center of a besieged city, surrounded by soldiers eager for blood. It's a fast paced, young adult adventure tale full of swords and sorcery, mythical creatures, animals and dragons. The dragon's castle is sure to delight fans of fantasy romance drama. Part thriller, part fantasy, and part mystery, The Dragon's Castle is suspenseful and exhilarating to read. It is impossible to put down. Full of action, drama, comedy, with a full dose of romance, this book will appeal to the young adult who is looking for a fast paced, edge-of-your-seat adventure full of mysteries that will keep you guessing. Who is Gedd and what is he after? Why are the avians patrolling the skies and what is the relic they seek? What is the smell in the castle and why does only Bel's master detect it? Will Bel and Shireen sort out their relationship or will it destroy them?