Master storytellers Robin McKinley and Peter Dickinson, the team behind Water: Tales of Elemental Spirits, collaborate again to create five captivating tales incorporating the element of fire. In McKinley?ÇÖs ?Ç£First Flight,?Ç¥ a boy and his pet foogit unexpectedly take a dangerous ride on a dragon, and her ?Ç£Hellhound?Ç¥ stars a mysterious dog as a key player in an eerie graveyard showdown. Dickinson introduces a young man who must defeat the creature threatening his clan in ?Ç£Fireworm,?Ç¥ a slave who saves his village with a fiery magic spell in ?Ç£Salamander Man,?Ç¥ and a girl whose new friend, the guardian of a mystical bird, is much older than he appears in ?Ç£Phoenix.?Ç¥ With time periods ranging from prehistoric to present day, and settings as varied as a graveyard, a medieval marketplace and a dragon academy, these stories are sure to intrigue and delight the authors?ÇÖ longtime fans and newcomers alike.
