TALON (The Talon Saga)

US: Harlequin Enterprises (Austr, 2014. Paperback. Very Good. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. In this groundbreaking modern fantasy series, dragons walk among us in huma n form. "There are a dozen 'St. George' soldiers hiding in that maze," my trainer s aid. "All hunting you. All looking to kill you. Welcome to phase two of you r training, hatchling." Long ago, dragons were hunted to near extinction by the Order of St. George , a legendary society of dragonslayers. Hiding in human form and growing th eir numbers in secret, the dragons of Talon have become strong and cunning, and they're positioned to take over the world with humans none the wiser. Ember and Dante Hill are the only sister and brother known to dragonkind. T rained to infiltrate society, Ember wants to live the teen experience and e njoy a summer of freedom before taking her destined place in Talon. But des tiny is a matter of perspective, and a rogue dragon will soon challenge eve rything Ember has been taught. As Ember struggles to accept her future, she and her brother are hunted by the Order of St. George. Soldier Garret Xavier Sebastian has a mission to seek and destroy all drago ns, and Talon's newest recruits in particular. But he cannot kill unless he is certain he has found his prey - and nothing is certain about Ember Hill . Faced with Ember's bravery, confidence and all-too-human desires, Garret begins to question everything that the Order has ingrained in him - and wha t he might be willing to give up to find the truth about dragons. "[An] intense and thought-provoking series." - School Library Journal o.