There’s Alec, Markus’ sickly brother, unloved and abused by their father then there’s Dianna, an orphan whose identity proves to be quite a surprise Lydra, the dragon who breathes ice instead of fire Madhea, the Ice Goddess, a witch who controls the dragon and hates Markus’ family and the Ice People who also live inside a glacier under the threat of the mean witch. You’ve got everything you need to keep young readers glued to its pages. For Markus, the 15-year-old main character, has been gifted with the ability to master the use of a bow and arrow and be able to hunt and feed his people but with this came a curse: the Mighty Hunter, as he is known among his folks, bears the scar of the hunter that will eventually bring his own downfall and destroy his family. It is thus with no surprise that her first fantasy book for Young Adults has a moralizing tone and quite a few lessons it wishes to teach its young and adolescent readers.Ĭurse of the Ice Dragon (Shifting Sands Publishing, 2012) has got a great premise, an exciting setting and a score of characters that not only fight against evil witches and mean dragons but also the evil within themselves. Tara West is a former high school teacher from Texas, USA, who now works from home as a novelist and part-time graphic designer.
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