Book excerpt: The Dragons’ Child Ten years ago, Dagnan Te Daelan was given a gift by the Dragons. That gift was a child, Draega, who was gifted with extraordinary power. Heralding her birth was a prophecy that promised both hope and danger. Now, it seems, that prophecy is about to be fulfilled. The Dragons’ child is changing, becoming both a young woman, and something else. And her father’s enemies are determined to make sure that whatever it is she’s becoming, that it never happens. Who will pay the ultimate price for the Dragons’ gift?