DragonLight: A Novel | 
 enlarge | Author: Donita K. Paul
Publisher: WaterBrook Press
Category: Book
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Rating:  13 reviews
Sales Rank: 7724
Media: Paperback
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Pages: 400
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Dimensions (in): 8 x 5.2 x 1.2
ISBN: 1400073782
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.6
EAN: 9781400073788
ASIN: 1400073782
Publication Date: June 17, 2008
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Product Description
The fantastic land of Amara is recovering from years of war inflicted on its citizens by outside forces–as well as from the spiritual apathy corroding the Amarans’ hearts. With Kale and her father serving as dragon keepers for Paladin, the dragon populace has exploded. It’s a peaceful, exciting time of rebuilding. And yet, an insidious, unseen evil lurks just beneath the surface of the idyllic countryside.
Truth has never been more important, nor so difficult to discern.
As Kale and her father are busy hatching, bonding, and releasing the younger generation of dragons as helpers throughout the kingdom, the light wizard has little time to develop her skills. Her husband, Sir Bardon–despite physical limitations resulting from his bout with the stakes disease–has become a leader, serving on the governing board under Paladin. When Kale and Bardon set aside their daily responsibilities to join meech dragons Regidor and Gilda on a quest to find a hidden meech colony, they encounter sinister forces. Their world is under attack by a secret enemy… can they overcome the ominous peril they can’t even see?
Prepare to experience breathtaking adventure and mind-blowing fantasy as never before in this dazzling, beautifully-crafted conclusion to Donita K. Paul’s popular DragonKeeper Chronicles fantasy series.
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Awesome July 26, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
From the beginning of the conclusion to the series I was excited and looking forward to what the pages would hold. Kale and her husband are going on a quest to help their friend, Regidor and his wife. They find the lost colony of Meech dragons. Regidor wants to find the colony because his wife is about to have an egg, and they want to leave the egg among their own kind.
When they find the colony. they must also deal with misleading teachings about ho to follow Wulder. Athere are also mysterious swarms of black dragons that seem desire to hurt Kale.
Loved it! July 24, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This was a great ending to a great series! Very exciting, encouraging and captivating. I highly recommend the series.
Great reading... July 21, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is the fifth book in the series Dragon Keeper Chronicles. I have not read the first four, and I was concerned about feeling lost. However, Dragon Light stands well alone.
The tiny dragons fascinated and enchanted me. There are subtle Christian overtones to the plot. Donita K. Paul's is an extremely talented author. She has created a world from her imagination and successfully managed to draw readers into her world.
I intend to read the whole series in order. Fans of fantasy will enjoy DragonLight. This book will interest both youth and adults alike.
Great end to the series! July 17, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is the last book in the DragonKeeper series. The series started out with Kale finding out that she had the ability to find dragon eggs, and bond with the dragons once they hatched. She also found that she had the talent to be a wizard. The first four books chronicled her adventures as she learned to trust in Wulder(God), and all the various life lessons you learn when on fantastic quests. This series, unlike many others, actually has Kale grow up age wise. In the first book she is barely a teenager. In this one, she is in her twenties.
The basic storyline is of Kale and her husband of a few years, going on a quest to help their friend, Regidor and his wife, find the lost colony of Meech dragons. Regidor wants to find the colony because his wife is about to have an egg, and they want to leave the egg among their own kind.
Of course in addition to finding the colony, they have to figure out what is going on with a group of people claiming to teach a better way to follow Wulder. And then there is the mysterious swarms of black dragons that seem to have an mean desire to hurt Kale. Plus, Kale's ward Toopka, is acting strange.
So, there is lots of adventure to make the story enjoyable.
The DragonKeeper series does not seem to attempt to be a perfect allegory. Wulder is obviously God, but Paladin, the character most like Jesus, seems more like an Old Testament Judge. I think I'll have to reread the other books to see for sure.
Another thing that makes this series different is that Paul's writing doesn't focus on the action as much as the interaction. It most stories I have read, the focus is on how the characters beat the bad guy. In this story, the focus is on how the characters act while they beat the bad guy. As a result, it becomes very obvious that it is Wulder that has orchestrated the entire adventure. Just like God orchestrates our lives, even in times of trouble.
DragonLight is an excellent end to the series. It brings Kale's story to an good stopping point, and leaves room for new stories. I recommend DragonLight to anyone who has read the rest of the series. I also recommend the entire series to anyone who likes fantastic adventures. Young kids will enjoy them read out loud, older kids will enjoy reading them, and adults can enjoy reading them as well as long as they relax and be childlike for a while.
So, go out and pick up a copy, and then sit down and enjoy a good read.
You should read this!!! July 16, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Wow!!! I have been looking forward to reading this book for a year, bought it a little more than a week ago, and just finished reading it today. I guess I will give you a brief look into it. Kale and Bardon are a happy couple living in their new castle, taking care of what needs to be taken care of. Bardon comes home from visiting some friends to relieve him of the stake's pains. He says that they are going on an adventure to help Regidor and Gilda find the meech colony before Gilda presents her egg. They start the adventure, and spend at least a month traveling North, getting attacked by tiny black dragons that sting and burn, stay at a village that has an earth quake and destroys the homes, and have to rescue Holt, the young marione who was in DragonKnight, from a prison in a village called Paladise, whose people there pretend to be followers of Paladin, but really lead people away from him, steal, and keep them from the joys of life, including children, entertainment, colorful clothes, and many other things. Join Kale, Bardon, Regidor, Gilda, Toopka, and the dragons as they go on another fantastic adventure that change the lives of the people in Amara!
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