The Fire Eternal (The Last Dragon Chronicles 4) by Chris d'Lacey

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Five years have passed since David Rain, now a bestselling author, disappeared mysteriously in the Artic. Slowly the ice is changing; bears are starving; dragons are rising; and the spirit Gaia, goddess of the Earth, is restless, wanting to act upon these changes. But all living things may... read more

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Five years have passed since David Rain disappeared mysteriously in the Arctic. Slowly the ice is changing; bears are starving; dragons are rising;and the souls of the Inuit dead are haunting the skies.The spirit Gaia, goddess of the Earth, is restless, aching to bring her might down upon these changes. But all living things may suffer if she does. As the weather grows wilder and the ice caps melt, all eyes turn from the north to David's daughter, Alexa. She is the key to stopping it. . . .But can one girl save the world from the forces of evil or will she disappear like her father? The book opens with a short chapter about how the Earth, Gaia, is beginning to get restless, and then goes to explain Zanna's sadness about David being gone. She gives the invisible and shapeless dragon G'lant, which David gave to at the end of Fire Star, to her daughter Alexa. Since David's apparent death, Zanna has been trying to get back on her feet. She bought a New Age shop called the Healing Touch and is living with the Pennykettles in David's old room. While Zanna is at her shop one night, Lucy sneaks into her room, and steals a letter that Zanna wrote to David. Every year on Valentine's Day, the day that David died, Zanna writes a letter to David telling him all of the events that are going on in the house. When Lucy reads the letter, she feels the need to do something to tell the world that David is not dead. So she writes an E-mail to a man named Tam Farell, whose role is not yet revealed, telling him to go the Healing Touch and ask for Zanna. As the book goes on, every few chapters, the author puts in a chapter telling the reader what is happening in the Arctic. The Ice Bear, Ingavar is with his two followers, an fighting bear called Kailar, and a Teller of ways called Avrel. They go and meet Thoran, who is really Dr. Bergstorm, and he tells Ingavar that his time on the Ice is up. So, Ingavar consumes Thoran with Icefire until he is no more. Meanwhile, in Zanna's shop, Tam Farell comes in and tells Zanna that he is having a pain in his neck. Zanna is rather charmed, amused, and annoyed by him, and moodily schedules a consultation for them. As Tam is leaving, he invites her to a poetry reading at a bookshop, and tells her to bring her partner. Later that day, Zanna, Liz, and Lucy go shopping at the garden store, and find a fairy door for Alexa to play with, and Lucy sends a fateful message to Tam telling him what Zanna's scars are. She writes only one word. Oomara. Meanwhile, in the Arctic, Ingavar remembers how Avrel and he first met. Having disguised himself as a fox, he tricked Avrel into following him, and then had filled his head with old knowledge and legends. As Avrel and Ingavar walked on, they saw the souls of countless Inuit men in the sky. Zanna decides to go to the poetry reading, and discovers that Tam is a poet himself. Tam decides to buy David's book, White Fire, and Zanna gets slightly suspicious.

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David Rain: Author of WhiteFire and a book written for Lucy, father of Alexa, former tenant at 42 Wayward Crescent. he is a very important character
Suzanna Martindale: otherwise known and referred to as "Zanna", mother to Alexa, and David's partner. Also a sibyl.
Elizabeth Pennykettle: mother of Lucy, nicknamed Liz
Lucy Pennykettle: she is the daughter of Elizabeth Pennykettle and Gawain, the last dragon on Earth.
Avrel: The Teller of the Ways, a polar bear,
Alexa: Zanna and David's daughter
Arthur: Liz's husband, known as Brother Vincent before reuniting with Liz
Ingavar: Polar bear, descendent of Thoran, David is him
Gwilanna: Evil sibyl
Kailar: fighting polar bear
Bonnington: Adorable and magical tabby cat. a fain is in him
Gretel: Zanna's potion dragon,
Gwendolen: Lucy's dragon,computer type abilities
Brother Bernard: a brother where Arthur was
Gawain: Last dragon
Henry: Liz's next door neighbor
Tam Farrell: a reporter investigating Davids disappearance, Lucy likes him
Sedna: Form of Gaia, mermaid and betrayed daughter to an old Inuit fisherman and godess of the sea.
Gadzooks: David's first dragon
Gollygosh: A natural healing dragon that David made.

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“Alexa looked up and gasped, "What is it?""A kind of angel," David said.For there was a great light in the north.And dragons had returned to the Earth once more.”

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It began with a wind from another world.

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This is book 4 of 8 in The Last Dragon Chronicles. (standard series)

Preceded by Fire Star, and followed by Dark Fire.

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Chris d'Lacey (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Orchard Books
Country: United States of America
Publication Date: July 1, 2008
ISBN: 978-0-545-36546-8
Page Count: 507