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The Little Dragons

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Once the People of the Land had an Agreement with the Dragons, negotiated by the Order of Dragon Priestesses through their Familiars, the Little Dragons. Everything changed, however, when the King’s People came. The Kings knew only the way of the sword. They carved the land into warring Realms and tried to kill off the Dragons, including their smaller cousins. They saw the Priestesses dedicated to the Dragons’ care as evil and murdered them as well. Angry and hungry, the Dragons struck back. Now both peoples live their lives at night, by the light of lanterns and torches. In the daytime, they must shut themselves and their livestock into their homes, be it a tiny cabin in the wilderness of the Northlands or a Castle in the midst of one of the King’s capital cities. Both peoples search for a solution in their own way. The Healing Order, which barely survived the Kings’ conquest and the terror of the Dragons, investigates the old rumours claiming that the Healers who sheltered fleeing Dragon Priestesses recorded their secrets. A young generation of Princes, armed with new weapons, wants their turn to make war upon the Dragons. An aging King schemes to consolidate his power while struggling with his secret fear that warring with the Dragons is just a way to give them a feast of dead soldiers. Meanwhile his Queen sends their daughter to an elderly Healer, sure the girl is pregnant despite her insistence that she has never lain with a man. A young woman who desperately wants to apprentice as a Healer is forced to become her Teacher’s servant. A newly dedicated Healer worries about who will care for his beloved elderly Teacher when his Apprenticeship ends, and a pair of young servants in the Women’s Retreat House follow their contrasting dreams. The fates of these very different people entwine in surprising ways as, one after another, they are drawn into the search for the Little Dragons.

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Once the People of the Land had an Agreement with the Dragons, negotiated by the Order of Dragon Priestesses through their Familiars, the Little Dragons. Everything changed, however, when the King’s People came. The Kings knew only the way of the sword. They carved the land into warring Realms and tried to kill off the Dragons, including their smaller cousins. They saw the Priestesses dedicated to the Dragons’ care as evil and murdered them as well. Angry and hungry, the Dragons struck back. Now both peoples live their lives at night, by the light of lanterns and torches. In the daytime, they must shut themselves and their livestock into their homes, be it a tiny cabin in the wilderness of the Northlands or a Castle in the midst of one of the King’s capital cities. Both peoples search for a solution in their own way. The Healing Order, which barely survived the Kings’ conquest and the terror of the Dragons, investigates the old rumours claiming that the Healers who sheltered fleeing Dragon Priestesses recorded their secrets. A young generation of Princes, armed with new weapons, wants their turn to make war upon the Dragons. An aging King schemes to consolidate his power while struggling with his secret fear that warring with the Dragons is just a way to give them a feast of dead soldiers. Meanwhile his Queen sends their daughter to an elderly Healer, sure the girl is pregnant despite her insistence that she has never lain with a man. A young woman who desperately wants to apprentice as a Healer is forced to become her Teacher’s servant. A newly dedicated Healer worries about who will care for his beloved elderly Teacher when his Apprenticeship ends, and a pair of young servants in the Women’s Retreat House follow their contrasting dreams. The fates of these very different people entwine in surprising ways as, one after another, they are drawn into the search for the Little Dragons.

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Podiobooks Outro via Patrick McLean

6/17/2011
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Duration:00:00:17

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LIttle Dragons 21

6/17/2011
King Torrie and his army march against the Dragons; Maida, Liandra and Jessa are caught in the conflict.

Duration:00:31:05

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Little Dragons 16

6/17/2011
There are two Dragon attacks, on Liandra and Keiran. Anglewart confronts Melisande; she has to guess how much he knows.

Duration:00:35:53

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Little Dragons 15

6/17/2011
Jessa is taken prisoner by the King’s men, raising some questions for Anglewart. Mother Peg starts out on a journey to the Healing School, taking Liandra with her, leaving Maida to deal with the People’s belief that she is a Healer.

Duration:00:28:29

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Little Dragons 24

5/24/2011
Maida, Liandra, Gleve, Anglewart, Jessa and Melisande have each paid a terrible price in the quest for the secrets of the Dragon Priestesses, but key pieces have been recovered, a tiny flame of hope lit, a transformation begun. Although she has refused to leave her room at the Healing School for months, since she was confronted by Mothers Sarah and Tess, Mother Peg finds herself in the mainstream of history.

Duration:00:32:01

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Little Dragons 23

5/24/2011
Maida and Jessa struggle with their responsibilities, their burdens made heavier by loss.

Duration:00:30:40

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Little Dragons 22

5/24/2011
Maida faces a life-altering decision and Jessa must take leadership.

Duration:00:29:39

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LIttle Dragons 21

5/24/2011
King Torrie and his army march against the Dragons; Maida, Liandra and Jessa are caught in the conflict.

Duration:00:31:44

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Little Dragons 20

5/24/2011
Melisande keeps vigil at the bedside of her dying husband while Jessa faces the possibility of losing hers in the new war against the Dragons Torrie declared as soon as he became King.

Duration:00:31:29

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Little Dragons 19

5/24/2011
Jessa finds love. Maida and Liandra find each other. Keiran travels to the Healer’s School where he triggers a conflict between Mother Peg and her oldest friends. King Anglewart and Torrie, his son and heir, face each other in single combat for the Kingdom.

Duration:00:30:47

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Little Dragons 18

5/24/2011
Still unaware that the King’s men are closing in on her, Maida finally rebels against her fate and is offered an important role in the quest for the knowledge of the Dragon Priestesses. Jessa is married and Anglewart’s Heir challenges his father to fight to the death for the throne of the Westlands.

Duration:00:32:29

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Little Dragons 17

5/24/2011
Gleve is a prisoner of the King and Liandra finds herself in the Dragon’s realm. Maida treats Keiran’s Dragon wounds, unaware that the King has sent men to find her.

Duration:00:27:36

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Little Dragons 16

5/24/2011
There are two Dragon attacks, on Liandra and Keiran. Anglewart confronts Melisande; she has to guess how much he knows.

Duration:00:36:53

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Little Dragons 15

5/24/2011
Jessa is taken prisoner by the King’s men, raising some questions for Anglewart. Mother Peg starts out on a journey to the Healing School, taking Liandra with her, leaving Maida to deal with the People’s belief that she is a Healer.

Duration:00:29:08

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Little Dragons 14

5/24/2011
Melisande and Liandra are reunited, and Melisande asks Jessa to take on a crucial task

Duration:00:30:11

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Little Dragons 13

5/24/2011
Keiran’s find and Ev’s promise both yield important clues to the secret of the Dragon Priestesses and Liandra’s child is born.

Duration:00:28:17

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Little Dragons 12

5/23/2011
Keiran finds what he’s looking for and Ev finally gets her opportunity to honour her promise to her mother. Torrie, King Anglewart’s heir is furious with his father, who stands in his way of making war on the Dragons and plans to marry the woman he wants to wed himself.

Duration:00:30:59

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Little Dragons 11

5/23/2011
Two journey’s begin. Melisande and her party travel east toward Mother Peg’s cabin, while Gleve and Keiran make their way toward the dangerous Northern mountains, home of the Dragons.

Duration:00:23:31

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Little Dragons 10

5/23/2011
Strangely, Liandra can read the mind of Peg and Maida’s hired man, Rafe, who can’t speak and appears to have an intellectual disability. Ev searches for another way to fulfull her promise to her dead mother. Melisande comes up with a plot, and Keiran’s memories continue to emerge.

Duration:00:30:38

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Little Dragons 09

5/23/2011
Gleve’s friendship with Keiran and Maida’s friendship with Liandra both reach a point of crisis, with very different results.

Duration:00:27:28

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