Wendy Noble
Writer, Reviewer, Editor
Books
Right from the first line, ‘They came riding in on dragons’, the reader is whisked through this adventure fantasy on camels and dragons as Seeger and his friends try to find a cure to save a life. I was enthralled as the group fell into one dangerous situation to the next, trying to stay ahead of slave traders and to discover the cure in time. WA Noble’s inimitable style includes humour and wit even in the stickiest of situations. And all characters, even the animals and Joffre the raven, are large as life and so well drawn I found myself talking to them in my mind. This is a riveting read from WA Noble who can write a fourth book in a series as if it were the first!
Dr Rosanne Hawke, Bard of Cornwall, author of Flying Blind, Riding the Wind, Johan and the Quest of the Lost Dog.
Dragon Home is the jaw-dropping conclusion to the Beast-Speaker trilogy. Seeger and his friends are horribly damaged from their experiences as child soldiers in books 1 and 2 of the trilogy. Returning home is also difficult and their longing for meaning and belonging catapult them into an adventure to rescue a trafficked girl and save the dragons’ ancient home from evil. But how can they win a war with so few resources?
Dragon Home will not only transport you to Seeger’s world but will make you gasp, weep, and even laugh out loud through WA Noble’s masterful imagination and insight into injustice done to children and animals. Dragon Home will leave you wanting much more of Seeger and his dragon friends.
– Rosanne Hawke, author of Riding the Wind: Writing for Children and Young Adults.
Escaping from Midrash was not easy, even riding on the back of a dragon. Seeger promised his friend Boyd he would return with help to set him and the child soldiers free from the brutality of the Midrashi. What he does not know is that it will nearly be a year before he finally returns across the desert, with an army and five dragons. But what will he find after all this time? Can the Midrashi be defeated? And what has become of Boyd and the other children?
Children are disappearing from the city of Seddon without a trace. The city gates are locked and guarded, but still the children disappear. One night, Seeger and his friend Boyd are taken and they at last understand the mystery. The abductors are using dragons! Two days later they arrive at the city of Midrash, where everything serves a military machine – including children who are forced to become soldiers. In a world in which they are daily confronted with violence and the loss of innocence, Seeger and Boyd struggle to maintain their humanity and their friendship. Their only hope of escape lies with a unique gift Seeger has discovered, but one which he must keep secret from his captors. He can speak to dragons.