Publisher Description

Beck Phillips has spent his time since the dragon pillage of Kingsplot inflating a huge weather balloon inside a tiny building, exploring all the forbidden rooms in the manor, and showing his natural propensity to act first and think later.But, he is a Pillage and dragons are part of his heritage. Try as he might, he can't ignore their obvious lure. Confronted with conflicting stories from adults who claim to know what's best for him, Beck retrieves the last dragon egg in existence and takes it to a mountainside cave to hatch.Kate should be jealous when Beck becomes too attached to the dragon queen Lizzy, yet she too is irresistibly drawn in. When Lizzy starts her own rampage, Beck realizes he can't let the devastation happen again. Will he, once and for all, be able to change the course of events his family curse has destined for him?In this exhilarating sequel to Pillage, Beck must use his natural ingenuity to sort out who can be trusted and who can't, before it's too late.

Author Biography

Obert Skye is the bestselling author of the Leven Thumps and Pillagy series. He is also the author of the comic novel, The Creature from My Closet. Obert lives in a constant state of wonder. He has a keen sense of smell and is the owner of a great deal of curiosity.

Excerpt from Book

"You didn't mean to what?" he asked sternly, towering over me, the ends of his long nightshirt billowing lightly. "You didn't mean to find the stone among the millions of stones?" "Well . . ." "You didn't mean to then plant the stone?" he continued, not even giving me a second to even answer. "I . . ." "It was by mistake that you harvested it?" he said scornfully. "And then, quite by accident, that you raised it and then let it loose?" "Well, when you put it that way, it does sort of make me look bad." My dad massaged his forehead as if there were a tattoo there he was hoping to rub off. "Beck," he sighed. "Dad," I said manipulatively. "This is on your head," he whispered. "What the queen pillages will be the work of her talons and your hands."

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