Rillion Fire Rider: The Rillion Book 1, Book 1, (Paperback)

One marked boy, a scale-plated adventure. A dragon can tear your heart out. A firedrake, if it chooses you, can lift you to the sky...

Jaron is a rider of the kelpra, unpredictable beasts (don't turn your back, never fall off) trained for elite racing in the city of Tiara. He will ride those dangerous animals but wants nothing to do with the Raken and their huge flying firedrake when they arrive to guard the city, and with good reason. It may have been a wild dragon that razed his home village to the ground but Jaron still bears the scars both inside and out. Then the Raken Lord himself, a man with a jaw hard enough to scrape stone and a temperament to match - notices Jaron's mother. Jaron is determined to protect her, even if she doesn't think she needs it. All this, and he's busy trying to get ready for the biggest, most dangerous ride of his young career. But what he hoped to be a racing triumph turns into a disaster and forces Jaron closer to the Raken. His path is set on a journey born of fire where Jaron must try to put his past behind him even as he learns of a terrible secret that will change his life forever. Can Jaron muster the courage to touch the sky as he is forced to embark on a scale-plated adventure and discover more about this thing the Raken call the Rillion? For lovers of all things dragon.