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The Wizard Priest is book 2 in the Dragonspeaker Chronicles.
A young prince, an evil wizard, and a city that no longer seems to care.
Cast out from the palace, Nellie survives in the streets of Saardam with the poor and destitute and a dragon whose behaviour she can’t control, but is the key to finding the last member of the royal family.
The pompous Regent is hell-bent on finding the person who has killed his court advisor and he has decided the dragon is guilty. If he doesn’t find a culprit, his main source of money is at stake. The guards comb the city. It’s only a matter of time before they find Nellie.
A terrible mishap caused by the dragon puts Nellie’s friend and a number of other innocent people in prison. Nellie can no longer run and hide.
She concocts the most daring escape plan ever, but in gathering help to carry it out, she makes discoveries that may change the future of the city.
It is the story of Nellie Dreessen, a kitchen maid in the palace of Regent Bernard of Saardam.
Nellie has been working at the palace for some time, and has seen the best and worst in palace occupants. Now in the autumn of her life, her situation could not be worse. Her beloved queen died at the hand of magic and the regent dances to the tune of a church that doesn’t have the people’s best interest at heart.
But Nellie has a weapon. She inherits a box that contains a dragon. She doesn’t know anything about dragons and has no magic that would help her deal with a dragon. The dragon lives in a box and is pretty unhappy about that. Its master is a young prince, the dead queen’s bastard son. No one knows if the boy is still alive. Without him, the dragon will be hard to control. Everyone with a skerrick of magic has fled the town. Nellie is scared of magic, yet, she has no option but to learn about it. The dragon will only listen to her.
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Patty –
As I follow the stories of Dragonspeaker, I am once again in awe of Patty Jansen’s skills as a story teller. Reading the story caused me a little suspense. At every turn I was worried about one person or another getting caught. I was amazed they could keep such a large group of people out of sight for so long. Their plans were thwarted at every turn so when they planned on escaping on a Monks orders ship, I was worried if everyone could pull off their part of the escape.
They ended up with extra people in their party – some I was even surprised about. I can’t wait to get to the next book to read the continuing saga of this little group and see if they get enough support to take back their city.
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Patty –
Nellie continues to try and figure out what is happening – who committed the murder in the castle, why is the church so against magic, where is the Prince, and what on earth happened when she opened the octagonal box. This is a fantasy mystery with good character development and some interesting twists and turns. I look forward to the finale!
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