For a tiny group of ordinary people, courage and compassion will be their only weapons against revenge, corruption and greed. But Creek's elderly great-grandmother remembers disturbing fragments of a Native Indian legend going back to the ancient days of the tribe, and cryptic clues written on an abandoned city apartment wall echo warnings few understand. She is passionate, she over-reacts and she self-sabotages she understands the behaviour of animals more than she does. Mejia’s protagonist, Meg Yancy is an endearingly flawed character. In the last moments of a winter night, their lives are changed forever when the freight train carrying the dinosaur bones crashes in an isolated forest. In her debut novel The Dragon Keeper, Mindy Mejia strikes just the right balance between interrogation of societal behaviour and compelling entertainment. George Pakuchek is a big-city lawyer working on a case he didn't want, and Neil Dayton is a young man running in terror. Creek Morgan is a Native Indian railroad mechanic troubled by nightmares he doesn't understand, while Eva Reed is a grieving young woman whose husband lies comatose in a hospital bed. Judith Mills is a scientist who discovered the bones in the remote North, and determined to save whatever might be left. Dragon Keeper is a book that will reward the patient, perfect for those looking for thoughtful, unrushed fantasy that is very strong on character. When a train crash destroys a shipment of mysterious dinosaur bones that might be the source of dragon myths, something forgotten whispers from the past.

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