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A Darkness of Dragons

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A Darkness of Dragons by S.A. Patrick

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By S.A. Patrick

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In a world of dragons, song-spells, pipers and battles…

Patch Brightwater is in disgrace. Thrown in jail for playing a forbidden spell, he is no one’s idea of a hero. But then he discovers a deadly truth – the evil Piper of Hamelyn is on the loose. With the help of Wren, a girl cursed to live as a rat, and Barver, a fire-breathing dracogriff, Patch must stop the Piper sparking the biggest battle of them all.

Three accidental heroes versus one legendary villain…an epic adventure is born.

A perfectly pitched fantasy adventure for readers aged 9+ and for fans of The Hobbit and How to Train Your Dragon.
It was a Waterstones Children’s Book of the Month in 2018.

Reviews

08 Oct 2023

I enjoyed this book overall. I struggled to get in to it at first, but as the plot moved on I started to enjoy it more. I tend to listen to books as audio books and at times had to pause to recap which character was which. I think this was due to sometimes characters being referred to their title and not their name.
I enjoyed the relationship that developed between the 3 main characters.
The book leads beautifully on to the next book and story, which I quickly read after.

30 Aug 2023

It was mysterious and calm at the same time

26 May 2023

I loved 'A Darkness Of Dragons', it's a very good book and has inspired me to write a lot more books myself!

01 Oct 2022

I liked Wren the most and I would recommend it.

05 Aug 2022

l liked this book because how adventurous it was. Patch Brightwater is a piper and has played a forbidden song called the Dance a is thrown in jail. He has found a girl called Wren who was cursed by a sorcerer to live as a rat. A week later the dragons come to kill the evil Hamelyn piper which is a fake and the real hamelyn piper is free.

My favourite character is Barver a dracogriff

27 Jun 2022

This book is amazing but a bit scary in places.It has friendship and love it is imaginative in a really good way!

30 Dec 2021

I liked this because it shows how the world has different options on tinges but sometimes they don't apprecaite your opines

01 Sep 2021

I really enjoyed this fictional story about a piper who is imprisoned for playing a forbidden song on his pipe. It is very exciting but it has some frightening parts so I would recommend this for children over 8 years

26 Aug 2021

Really good book, and a good main friendship. I liked the way that all of the main characters had interesting backstories that we figure out over time.

17 Aug 2021

It was serious yet funny

12 Aug 2021

Amazing book love to be a piper myself amazing piping.

13 Jul 2021

This is an exciting adventure book filled with cliffhangers after every chapter. Although some parts were slightly frightening, it is overall a great read. I would highly recommend reading it.

28 Oct 2020

I really enjoyed the inclusion of a twisted Pied Piper of Hamelyn tale in this novel.
I quickly found myself on the side of Patch, Wren and Barber, willing them to solve the mysteries which unravel as you read more of the novel. I ended up not knowing who they could trust.
The ending leaves lots of unanswered questions. I now want to read the next book in the series.

18 Oct 2020

it was good

28 Aug 2020

I really enjoyed this story! I liked the idea of the Pipers, and the black diamonds!

27 Aug 2020

I think the book A Darkness of Dragons is an excellent book to read as there was a lot of adventure and twist and turns in the story. My favourite character is a boy called Patch Brightwater who is in disgrace as he plays a forbidden ( that was banned) and finds himself in trouble. The book really interested me because it gradually introduced new characters like a girl named Wren (who was forced to live with a curse and a dracogriff / griffin). I would recommend this book to 9 years and older as this had mixed emotions like sad, happy, scared and a lot of excitement.

26 Aug 2020

Darkness of Dragons is great! I love Wren as she is such a kind and quirky character. I can't wait to read book 2!

14 Aug 2020

"There is magic in music. Listen..."
A pacey fantasy tale of myth, magic, adventure and true friendship.

When Patch, a young Piper plays the forbidden 'dance' (banned since the manaical and now imprisoned Pied Piper of Hamelyn played it,) he finds himself in deep trouble. With the help of a cursed girl, Wren and a dracogriff, Barver, they set off on a multitude of adventures, unearthing dark secrets and facing a powerful enemy.

I really enjoyed the idea that the traidtional stories of the Pied Piper are wrongly told and as the book ends with many threads unanswered, am really looking forward to reading the sequel.

13 Aug 2020

This book was very fun and adventurous. It was set in a magical world full of mythical beasts on a quest to save the world from the dreaded Hamelyn Piper!

11 Aug 2020

This book was my favourite . I had it as a price of homework and it was funny. In this book, patch is in jail for playing a forbidden time and then breaks out with the lies piper meeting a eat who is a human and a Dragon . Then tried to save the world from the lies piper himswlf.

15 Jul 2020

This book gets creepy in some parts but then it stops with a cliff hanger

27 Jun 2020

This book is my favourite book ever because of all the very funny trio. My favourite person was Patch Brigewater. I would recommend this to anyone.

03 Aug 2019

A Darkness Of Dragons
Rated 5.0 by me
* * * * *

Recommendations: 8 year old^, Adventure, Dragon Lover
Categories: Adventure, Drama*

*not confirmed yet ^ or above

02 Aug 2019

A Darkness of Dragons is about a pipper boy who has broken the rules of the Pippers' law by playing a dance. He gets imprisoned. The Darness of Dragon attacks the castle where he is kept...

02 Aug 2019

This book was really exciting and I would definitely recommend this book to someone else.

16 Jul 2019

a good book with lots of twists and turns however i wish that there wasnt so many boys and that there were more girls because you dont get a lot of girl main characters

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