From the award-winning Gold and Fire Series comes the next chapter in the story of Aron and his dragon.

Aron's younger brothers were taken in the night by a goblin raid. His father and his knight-master rode into the mountains after them and never came back. And Doubloon ? the great golden dragon who is Aron's best friend ? is trapped in a wizard's enchanted net, stripped of his fire and his magic.

There's no one left but Aron.

What follows is a journey across the mountain range alone: past a sabrecat that shouldn't be survived, through a narrow canyon haunted by an ogre, and alongside a talking goblin named Skrunt who was supposed to be the enemy and turned out to be the most reliable friend on the road.

At the end of it all is Skyclaw Mountain and Doubloon's mother ? a platinum dragon of enormous power who has survived for millennia by trusting no human, ever. Aron has to convince her to help, armed with nothing but a story she doesn't believe and an amulet she thinks he stole.

Sons of Gold and Fire is a fast-moving quest story with genuine stakes: people Aron loves are in real danger, the villain is formidable enough to knock a dragon out of the sky, and the boy at the center is not yet the hero he wants to be. He makes mistakes. He lets his temper lead him wrong. He has to figure it out anyway.

Followed by readers who discovered the series through the award-winning first book, this installment delivers the same propulsive adventure with higher stakes, a bigger world, and a goblin sidekick nobody expected to love.

Series reading order: Book 1 ? Dreams of Gold and Fire | Book 2 ? Sons of Gold and Fire

For ages 8?14. Grades 3?9.