
An enchanting tale of courage & sacrifice for young readers & adults by the wildly popular George RR Martin author of A Song of Ice & Fire the series that inspired HBO's Emmy Award-winning GAME OF THRONES Lavish illustrations by acclaimed artist Luis Royo enrich this captivating & heartwarming story of a young girl & her dragon From ancient times the ice dragon was a creature of legend & fear for no man had ever tamed one When it flew overhead it left in its wake desolate cold & frozen land But Adara was not afraid For Adara was a winter child born during the worst freeze that anyone even the Old Ones could remember Adara could not remember the first time she had seen the ice dragon It seemed that it had always been in her life glimpsed from afar as she played in the frigid snow long after the other children had fled the cold In her fourth year she touched it & in her fifth year she rode upon its broad chilled back for the first time Then in her seventh year on a calm summer day fiery dragons from the North swooped down upon the peaceful farm that was Adara's home & only a winter child-and the ice dragon who loved her-could save her world from utter destruction