Scott Reintgen | The Last Dragon on Mars

ABOUT THE EVENT

Tickets include a signed copy of THE LAST DRAGON ON MARS, guaranteed entry to the event, and a seat in the reserved section. Scott will sign books after the program. All live author events are subject to change. More information about our events can be found at quailridgebooks.com.

ABOUT THE BOOK

A boy living on Mars unexpectedly becomes a dragon rider in this first book in the edgy middle grade sci-fi and fantasy mash-up The Dragonships series, sure to delight fans of Skandar and Michael Vey.

Keep your eyes down and your feet moving, or this planet will rust you.

That’s what Lunar Jones tells the other kids at the relocation clinic. All of them were born on Mars, a planet that never wanted people in the first place. With resources scarce and hope even scarcer, it’s easy to get distracted looking up. After all, their ancestors descended from the stars.

Martian history always starts with Earth. The first astronauts discovered that space was already occupied. Not by little green men or flying saucers. It was full of dragons. One for every moon, every planet, every star. When humanity discovered that Earth’s dragon had sacrificed herself to make their home planet habitable, they set their sights on Mars. If one dead dragon could breathe life into a world, why not create another one? Mankind won the war that followed, but with one catch. As the dragon died, he whispered a curse over Mars. The first settlers found their crops wouldn’t grow. Animals hunted them. Storms raged endlessly. It took three generations to figure out the truth: Mars was doomed.

Lunar knows all the old stories about dragons and space, but no one up there’s planning to help him or his crew. Instead, he focuses on scrapping valuable gear that the storms uncover in the war zone. Until one day, a salvaging run goes wrong. Desperate to find shelter, Lunar goes underground in a restricted zone. What he finds there, buried in the Martian dust, might just be the only hope left for a dying planet.

Recommended for Ages 10 and up, Grades 5 and up

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

SCOTT REINTGEN is a former public school teacher from North Carolina. When he’s not writing, he uses his imagination to entertain his wife, Katie, and their three children. Scott is the New York Times bestselling author of the Waxways series, the Nyxia trilogy, the Dragonships series, and the Celia Cleary series for younger readers.

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