Oh, plus there's the special part of it all of course. A navy captain far out at sea with his ship and crew, cross paths with a french navy frigate i think it was, and they fight and the British ship takes the French ship. On board they find a single dragon egg in the cargo hold, and the british doctor being somewhat a dragon enthusiest, recognizes that the egg has hardenned, and should be ready to hatch within a week, and their ship is 3 weeks from shore, so someone on their ship will need to harness the dragon once born. Being a dragon rider is not something many people want, since they live in seclusion with the other dragon riders, but don't get down into the cities much, as dragons would scare off all the people in the towns, it's all kind of confusing there. So no one wanted to be the rider, and they drew straws. The dragon hatched and ignored the man who had drawn the short straw, and went around the ship looking at each person over, hopping up on his hein legs and standing about 6 feet tall as even a tiny baby. He ended up picking the captain of the ship, choosing him to talk to first, and therefore making it clear that he was the dragon's choice. The dragon was solid black and looked quite different from all other dragons, and was later found to be an extremely rare breed from China, but I can't go into that much more, since it's one of the coolest parts of the book. We'll jsut say he's a bad ass dragon, and owns all the other dragons hands down, lol. If you read it, you'll find out what I mean.
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