A Shard of Sun

**A Shard of Sun** is the third book in the Summer King Chronicles quadrilogy. It is preceded by Skyfire and succeeded by By the Silver Wind.

## Synopsis

Shard is a gryfon entrusted with a great responsibility. A dragon of the Sunland has left her newborn kit to his care, and now Shard has difficult decisions to make about how best to keep the swiftly growing dragonet safe while remaining true to his own destiny and the prophecy of the Summer King. He sets out to return the dragonet to his kin in the Sunland and find help for his own quest, but his hope for making wise and benevolent allies is quickly replaced with the reality of cold, mistrustful dragons who want nothing to do with gryfons, Shard, or his wars in warmer lands.

In the Silver Isles, the warrior gryfon Caj sets out on a dangerous hunt for his mad wingbrother, Sverin, once the mighty Red King. The safety of the pride, and in the end, Caj's life, may depend on his success or failure.

Meanwhile, Shard's wingbrother Kjorn seeks to find him and reconcile, and his quest will take him across the land that was once his birthright and into the heart of tricky alliances, enmities, and the ever-looming threat of the Voiceless, fear-mongering wyrms.

The Song of the Summer King promises that one will rise higher, one will see farther, and his wing beats will part the storm . . . but as Shard learns more of the world and the tangled threads of fate, he begins to fear that no one can part the storm of growing hatred and fear--not even a Summer King.

## Plot Summary

Shard decided to fly to the Aesir’s homeland, thinking that they might have fled to The Silver Aisles instead of coming to conquer. On the journey, he met an albatross, which taught him how to forget his name so that he would be able to travel easier the rest of the way. When he had arrived, the bird had tried to tell him his name again, which worked after Shard had tried to kill the bird who had tried to help him. He heard a voice that seemed to be calling him and tried to follow it but was unsuccessful and spotted a band of gryfons fighting with painted wolves over hunting rights.

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## Information

### Chapters

1. The Cave
2. Flotsam
3. The Star Dragon
4. Mourning
5. Earthfire
6. Shard of Memory
7. The Nightward Coast
8. A Cold Welcome
9. The Vanhar
10. By the Shore
11. Talon's Reach
12. At the Vanheim Shore
13. Sea Wolves
14. Isles of Earth and Fire
15. The First Plains
16. Halvden's Lesson
17. The Sunland
18. Stirring the Wind
19. Groa of the Vanhar
20. A New Tale
21. The Queen's Decree
22. Mountains of the Sea
23. Allies Old and New
24. Dwelling of Ice and Stone
25. The Red Scourge
26. The Brightwing Aerie
27. A Question of Honor
28. Hunters Hunted
29. The Ring of Sky
30. A Fearful Legacy
31. The Raven's Game
32. At the Shrine
33. The Serpent River Pack
34. Secrets in Fire and Gold
35. The Chronicler
36. The Ostral Shore
37. Wingbrothers
38. A Silver Tale
39. Exiles of the Reach
40. Endless Night
41. Hikaru's Choice
42. The Red King's Sorrow
43. End of the Hunt
44. Shard's Beacon
45. Fairer Winds
46. The Lost Vanir
47. Oaths Renewed
48. Rhydda
49. The Battle of Torches
50. A New Wind

### Named Characters (in order of appearance)

* Rashard (POV)
* Hikaru
* Rok
* Kjorn (POV)
* Fraenir
* Frida
* Caj (POV)
* Ragna