Rule one on the Intergalactic Dragon’s Highway: never tell anyone your name.
Rule two: if anyone learns your name��run.
This has been thirteen-year-old Judah Starweaver’s rule for as long as he can remember. When a group of Luminary guards question his identity, he’s forced to escape, leaving his mom—the last of his family—behind.
After the guards shoot down his magically flying RV, he hides in the wreckage where he discovers a mysterious map. One problem: Judah’s mom hid it for good reason. The map could lead to treasure, to the truth about his past, or something else entirely. Although Judah manages to evade the Luminaries, he’s approached by a group of Sky Scrappers, and he uses the map as a bargaining chip for passage aboard their vessel, which is a repurposed cruise ship from Earth.
Aided by Sky Scrappers, Judah journeys the Dragon’s Way—a place where America is a fairytale from a planet that existed as a flat disc, during a time so long ago that no one cares about it. The road is a spiraling galaxy filled with the remains of the Statue of Liberty, pyramids, floating dragons, and the ever-present threat of death.
If he manages to follow the map to the end, he could not only discover the truth of his origins, but learn the truth of Earth’s history, and how forgetting it means repeating the wrongs of the past. He could also learn why some secrets are better left buried, and why there are those who are willing to kill to keep the truth hidden.
Genre: Young Adult Fantasy
Rule two: if anyone learns your name��run.
This has been thirteen-year-old Judah Starweaver’s rule for as long as he can remember. When a group of Luminary guards question his identity, he’s forced to escape, leaving his mom—the last of his family—behind.
After the guards shoot down his magically flying RV, he hides in the wreckage where he discovers a mysterious map. One problem: Judah’s mom hid it for good reason. The map could lead to treasure, to the truth about his past, or something else entirely. Although Judah manages to evade the Luminaries, he’s approached by a group of Sky Scrappers, and he uses the map as a bargaining chip for passage aboard their vessel, which is a repurposed cruise ship from Earth.
Aided by Sky Scrappers, Judah journeys the Dragon’s Way—a place where America is a fairytale from a planet that existed as a flat disc, during a time so long ago that no one cares about it. The road is a spiraling galaxy filled with the remains of the Statue of Liberty, pyramids, floating dragons, and the ever-present threat of death.
If he manages to follow the map to the end, he could not only discover the truth of his origins, but learn the truth of Earth’s history, and how forgetting it means repeating the wrongs of the past. He could also learn why some secrets are better left buried, and why there are those who are willing to kill to keep the truth hidden.
Genre: Young Adult Fantasy
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