Dragon Outcast (Age of Fire, Book 3)/ E. E. Knight

ISBN: 0451461851

Following the same treatment in Book 2, we learn of the chain of events from the perspective of the Copper dragon.

In Book 1, I got the impression the copper dragon, crippled in the birthing fight, maliciously led the dwarves to murder his parents and siblings. In this book, we learn that he was also tortured and tricked by the dwarves.

After several sequence of events, he and a bunch of blood-drinking bats end up at the Lavadome, with the Copper later being adopted into a royal family of dragons. He’s named Rugaard and assigned to the Drakwatch (kind of like National Service). He learns of the value of being tenacious, and that intelligence can more than make up for pure brawn. Distinguishes himself with his steadfastness in a battle.

Gradually, he finds himself drawn into the political maneuverings and manipulations within the royal line. A civil war develops. RuGaard manages to turn the tide against the numerically superior dragons by employing the help of the bats.

The Dragonblade makes his appearance yet again. Ironically, it’s RuGaard — the crippled dragon — that manages to kill the Dragonblade, and ultimately avenge their family.

Dragon Avenger (Age of Fire, Book 2)/ E. E. Knight

ISBN: 0451461096

Told from the perspective of AuRon’s sister Wistala the Green.

Common thread starts from the time they were born in the cave, to Wistala witnessing the birthing battles among her brothers, to the murder of her mother and other sister. And Wistala escaping with Auron.

After that, their paths diverge.

Wistala finds their father, who appears to be mortally wounded. But Wistala manages to nurse him to health, only to lose him in a final desperate battle with the Dragon-killer, a man called Dragonblade.

She manages to escape once again. Ends up fighting a troll (not the sort of troll that I might have imagined) and then adopted as the daughter of an Elf named Rainfall. Even becomes a librarian!

Part of Wistala’s education was to join a traveling circus. Learns how to pretend to read fortunes.

Eventually, she infiltrates the dwarves (led by the one who murdered her parents), manages to deceive them from her true intent, and she gets her revenge.

End part: she meets Dragonblade and his son (we’re introduced to the boy, Eliam, in Book 1); was also the cause of Eliam’s injury.