Mysteries of Cove: Embers of Destruction by J Scott Savage
Synopsis:
Arriving in San Francisco and investigating the area in secret, the young riders are reunited with Kallista’s father, Leo Babbage, who reveals that the humans in the city are working as slaves to the dragons, but that they don’t want to be rescued–himself included. He says they are being protected by their new master: a huge, powerful white dragon who lives in an impenetrable tower fortress overlooking the city. Kallista is stunned by the news. Why would her father ever willingly want to work for dragons?
Trenton and his friends are confronted by the guards and their mechanical dragons are seized. Evading capture, the young riders escape and begin looking for a way to break the white dragon’s hold over the city–and over Leo. Working with the kids from the city, the young riders track down the source of the dragon’s power to an underground chamber that is accessible only through an underwater passageway below the tower fortress.
With the white dragon watching their every move, Trenton and Kallista will need every bit of creativity and ingenuity they can manage to find a way to retrieve their stolen dragons, enter the tower fortress, and take down the dragons once and for all.
Review:
Kallista, Trenton, Plucky, Simoni, Angus, and Clyde have been hunting dragons when they arrive in San Francisco. But this is a city of humans who are serving the dragons and seem to live in harmony. Even Kallista’s father seems to be brainwashed into using his skills to help the dragons rather than his own kind. A large white dragon rules the city and seems impossible to defeat – especially when it doesn’t look like the teens can trust anyone.
Embers of Destruction is the final installment in the Mysteries of Cove trilogy. This wonderful steampunk fantasy has built to an exciting finale. The characters are engaging and this latest story is the best yet. San Francisco is a dangerous and mysterious place where no one can be trusted and a new, deadly breed of dragons patrol. This action-packed, dragon-hunting episode doesn’t disappoint. And there were some fun surprises along the way that tied up the arc from the previous novels. I thoroughly enjoyed this last adventure.