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  • Published: 1 May 2025
  • ISBN: 9780241688823
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 352

Dragonborn





The electric new fantasy series for fans of Skandar and the Unicorn Thief and Impossible Creatures.

Become the impossible . . .

Life is no fun for Alex Evans. Ever since her dad's death, her overprotective mother has smothered her with unbreakable rules and unspoken fears. When the frustration inside Alex finally gets too big to bear, it rushes to the surface.

And flames spill from her mouth.

Because Alex is a dragon. One of the many who live among us, unless something awakens their true nature. Led by the mighty Oliphos to the legendary island of Skralla, Alex must now train alongside fierce, frightening dragon children, if she is to unlock the power of her birthright.

But other dragons are rising too. Drak Midna, the greatest dragon of all, is preparing a war against the human world, and Alex has to be good enough for this fight, or we all will burn . . .

  • Published: 1 May 2025
  • ISBN: 9780241688823
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 352

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Praise for Dragonborn

A fire-breathing, heights-soaring, majestic beast of a book

Thomas Taylor, author of the Eerie-on-Sea Mysteries

Astonishing fantasy with a unique story that burns with brilliance. Readers will love this thrilling new take on dragons

A.F. Steadman, author of the Skandar series

The kind of fast-paced, perfectly plotted, thrillingly written book that makes you want to devour it in one go. Murray is a master of world-building and this book is no different - he’s truly in a league of his own. It’s enough to make you believe in dragons.

Katya Balen, Carnegie-winning author of The Light in Everything

The freshest, most exciting children's book of the decade. Brimming with originality and full of breathtaking twists, Dragonborn is in a league of its own.

Joseph Elliott, author of The Good Hawk

Dragonborn is the book I wished for when I was young. A future classic that I can't wait to watch soar to the great heights such masterful writing deserves.

Sarah Ann Juckes, author of Storm Seal

A blazingly brilliant adventure that will burn bright in the imagination long after the final page.

Aisling Fowler, author of Fireborn

As powerful as a dragon's roar, as fast-paced as a dive through the sky and with more twists than a coiling tail - Dragonborn is brilliant. Struan Murray has done it again.

Jamie Littler, author of Arkspire

Struan Murray is incapable of writing a bad book. This one is brimming with excitement and magic, and a spellbinding world of dragons you'll never forget. Five stars from me!

Nizrana Farook, author of The Girl Who Stole an Elephant

Struan Murray is a singular talent, and Dragonborn is children’s writing at its most sweeping and epic - wild, witty, warm and wise

Ross Montgomery, author of I Am Rebel

Struan Murray is one of the finest children’s fantasy writers of our generation, and Dragonborn is an irresistible feast of a book. An exhilarating adventure with dragon-children, eccentric scholars, an astonishing hidden world, and overall delectable world-building. It deserves a place on every fantasy reader’s bookshelf.

Hana Tooke, author of The Midnighters

Think you’ve read every dragon story? Think again. This one soars with a glorious new twist on dragons! I adored this epic, heart-racing fantasy full of fire, flight, and fierce destiny.

Vashti Hardy, author of Brightstorm
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