Isle of Dragons

Watch steampunk technology and high fantasy witchcraft clash in this heroine's fast-paced, epic journey to rescue her father from dragons and reveal the evil secrets of the noble court. On the run from the royal army in a giant mechanical centipede, sixteen-year-old Jade Sol embarks on a dangerous adventure to help her father escape from the Isle of Dragons—a land of untamed magic that some believe only exists in myth.

When Jade Sol is cornered by soldiers, a mysterious witch named Miria Atkins rescues her, calling on spirits from a magical realm to channel their mystical energy into light and matter. Jade begs Miria and the sorceress's mechanist brother, Dan, to join her quest. The siblings resist at first, but their hearts soften when they hear of her father's fate. Their own parents had attempted an expedition from Vansh to the Isle of Dragons years ago and never returned. Together, the trio of young heroes journey across the feudal countryside trek across the sea to become the first humans to reach the elusive Isle of Dragons. Die-hard readers of Angelique S. Anderson's Dracosinum Tales and Jessica Drake's Dragon Riders of Elantia series will find L. A. Thompson's writing magnetic, impassioned, and clever in this novel's twisting plot.

Author L.A. Thompson knew she wanted to be a writer at a young age. She longed to create worlds and characters that would draw people in and transport them to another time and place, which she achieves in her debut novel Isle of Dragons. L.A. loves fantasy and witchcraft and by combining those elements in her stories with different historical periods, she creates a world that's in an industrial era caught between technology and magic, exploring the two's unique interplay. L.A. believes that characters are the central driving force of any good story. She likes to create characters that are deeply flawed and complex. She hopes that her readers can be transported to another world of magic through her books, yet also find a story that's rooted in a strong sense of family connections, no matter the form that may take. When she's not creating magical worlds of dragons and adventure, the author enjoys Tai Chi and reading the latest fantasy novels. She is also a freelance writer who has written for businesses, hospitals and academic institutions. For more information, contact me at The Brand Journalist. Please go to the contact page if you want to know more about her books or freelance work. L.A. lives in a seaside town on the coast of Australia. Isle of Dragons is her debut YA novel, the first in a planned trilogy.