by Mercedes Lackey
This is the second in the Dragon Jouster's series that began with Joust, which you should read first. The series is centered on Kiron (in the first book known as Vetch) who is an appealing figure. In the first book he came across as angry and bitter (but with good reason, so he never came across a...
interesting sequel where Kiron teaches some new dragon riders in the same manner as he learnt and some interesting setups for the next book
Poor Kiron - discovering that the his dream of freedom wasn't everything it was cut out to be but also more then he dared hope for. Great continuation of this story.
Vetch escapes to Alta! Alta is a bit different than his home land. But all is not what it seems either.I enjoyed the in depth storyline on how to raise a dragon. The time spent raising the dragon reminded me of Ms. McCaffrey's dragon rider series.I recommend this book to other dragon lovers.