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Natli VanDerWerken

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Red Dragon's Keep

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Demons want to kill him. Dragons need to save him. Mages, demons, and a dragon talisman plague first born son and heir Thomas Arach in the debut of Natli VanDerWerken’s The Dragon’s Children Young Adult fantasy series. Red Dragon’s Keep has been held by the Arachs, time-honored defenders of Ard Ri, for centuries. Fourteen year old Thomas Arach wants desperately to earn his father’s respect. When evil threatens, will his parents finally let him learn how to fight? Amidst sabotage and treason by those closest to his family, Thomas’s life is changed forever. Legends tell of an amulet, part of an ancient talisman, a talisman that can call back the dragons that helped men in the past. Can Thomas master the art of war, control the magic hidden in his blood, find the dragon amulet, and direct the defense of his family’s home before the demons attack? A coming of age story with dragons, demons and magic swords.

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Author Biography
Award-winning author Natli VanDerWerken loves dragons. She has 30 of them she collected from around the world while she served in the Navy as a meteorologist. The Dragon's Children novels grew out of a story she told her grandchildren one Christmas Eve. The main character in each of the books is based on one of them. She is a website designer, quilter, Navy veteran, and shows Shetland Sheepdogs. Red Dragon's Keep and WindRunner are the first two novels of five in the Dragon's Children series. Find her at www.natlivanderwerken.com or facebook.com/natlivanderwerken-author

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Free Will

Everyone has free will. Accepting responsibility for exercising free will, for making a choice, is hard to do. Especially if we don't correctly anticipate the end result. Aeden chooses to stay. Can we ever really predict the consequences of our actions?

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Red Dragon's Keep

“Know this. If your choice is to stay, you will lose all knowledge of what you are. Magic shall still be yours but you will not know why you have it, nor any of your history. You will be locked from dragon form until the need is so great that you must take it. The choice is yours.”
Fire gazed at the huge black dragon who was her king, her father. She knew the law. Each of the dragons was free to choose whether to stay or go. Most had chosen to go.
Stubbornly she dropped her eyes and shook her head. “My Ri, I choose to stay. The Arachs shall need my help in the times ahead. I am bound to them as you are bound to the human King.”
The great black dragon closed his eyes and bowed his head. “As you will it.” Pain filled his voice. “Long life, daughter.”
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