When twelve-year-old Nicolas Bennett shows his father a strange, coppery leaf, left by a mysterious crow on his bedroom windowsill, he can't imagine how much such a small thing will change his life. Nicolas' father tells him that his grandfather also once found a similar coppery leaf-a leaf not of this world but from another: a place with dragons. While at a medieval fair in Yanwath Wood later that same day, Nicolas discovers a hidden path which he thinks is a short-cut, and he follows it into a magical woods. The path ...
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When twelve-year-old Nicolas Bennett shows his father a strange, coppery leaf, left by a mysterious crow on his bedroom windowsill, he can't imagine how much such a small thing will change his life. Nicolas' father tells him that his grandfather also once found a similar coppery leaf-a leaf not of this world but from another: a place with dragons. While at a medieval fair in Yanwath Wood later that same day, Nicolas discovers a hidden path which he thinks is a short-cut, and he follows it into a magical woods. The path leads him to a new world called Telluric Grand. There, Nicolas learns of a fourth-generation overlord dragon, the Shadow Thief, who has awakened to terrorize and destroy the kingdoms of Telluric Grand in its insatiable and obsessive search for star-iron. Nicolas learns he is the heir of the first king of the First Kingdom, and an ancient prophecy foretells of his coming--he is the only person who can save this magical realm from the Shadow Thief. Nicolas, a quiet and introspective boy, struggles with the newness and the brutality of Telluric Grand but bravely sets off with three new friends to find a way to defeat the overlord dragon. Together, they survive dark forests and treacherous bogs, barely cheating death in their search for Remiel, a powerful and timeless being with a secretive and dark plan for slaying the Shadow Thief. Nicolas is destined to deliver Telluric Grand from its suffering and become a "Dragon Nightfall," but what terrible sacrifices will he have made in the process?
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