More reading – and this time I’ve tackled the second and third titles in fellow trapped author, Mark Robson’s brilliant Dragon Orb series, Shadow and Longfang.

As I said back when I read Firestorm – this series is not only a wonderful fantasy adventure story featuring some of the most realistic characters this side of a dragon’s tail, it also features one of the greatest twists ever dreamed up by an author.  Although, having got to know Mark a little during our time in captivity, I can see why he was keen to bring this extra dimension into the books.

Plus, it’s one thing to read tales of dragonriders taking to the air written by earthbound authors – but to delve into description by a former RAF pilot gives the flight sequences a whole new angle.

Without giving anything away, the adventures taking place in two different worlds are slowly starting to converge, and I can’t wait to see what happens when the stories finally collide.

Will Kira, Pell, Nolita and Elian manage to track down the fourth and final Dragon Orb and return it safely to the Oracle before Lord Segun or the dragonhunters can stop them?  We’ll find out in the final installment – Aurora.  I’ll see you in the queue on publication day…