What a story - unbelievable, magical and down right scary Masters and Slayers Tales of Starlight Series by Bryan Davis AMG Publishers October 2010 Adrian Masters is a warrior competing in a tournament that is a test of courage. His sword Spirit is an amazing sword. His opponent is Marcelle - a skilled warrior - a formidable woman. She may be scrawny, but no one laughs at Marcelle. . Eyeing Adrian, Marcelle runs her fingers across the dragon on her tunic. A secret believer in the ongoing human enslavement on Dracon, the legendary dragon planet, she desperately wants to search for the portal to that world. Marcelle taunts Adrian stating she will win as in all other matches. As Adrian looks around the area his father's words echo in his mind - 'never make a woman bleed'. Adrian concedes the match and leaves the area to the cry of the crowd calling him a coward. just like his father. Adrian's father Edison is a disgraced war warrior. Adrian is the personal bodyguard for Governor Prescott. Adrian informs his father that tonight is the night he will go looking for the secret portal to Dracon. He asks for his father's blessing. Human children are being brutalized on Dracon He is to meet a rogue dragon who demands extane gas in exchange for passage into his world, not a trade for the kidnapped people , but he wonders at his motive. Adrian will try to find his missing brother Frederick who disappeared while looking for the secret portal. When Adrian arrives at the designated place he is amazed to see a spirit like form of an adolescent female, yet without details of face or form, instead of the dragon, She is called Cassabrie and is a Starlighter. She is to take the extane gas back to Axrad, the dragon. If it is what the dragons need, if is really pheterone, she will return for Adrian. Before this can happen, Marcelle and the Governor's soldier arrive. They try to kill Adrian, but Marcelle intervenes with the help of Edison, Adrian's father.. They allow Cassabrie to take the tank of gas and vanish through the portal along with Marcelle. Adrian is devastated - Marcelle had done what he failed to do - she has entered the secret portal to Dracon. He must wait to see if Cassabrie will return for him. Marcelle arrives in a thickly populated forest covered by a blanket of snow. She is freezing. She starts walking, a winged shadow passes overhead. and lands in front of her. This is Axrad - the one who fractured the deal for the gas. Cassabrie returns for Adrian. And Edison. Marcelle is ok - Axrad has taken her to the king's castle. What Adrian, Marcelle and Edison see and do on the dragon plant is unbelievable. Children are working in mines, transporting large boulders and living in holes in the ground. They are completely controlled by the dragons and killed for the slightest infraction. The book is unbelievable, but fascinating - a planet controlled by dragons who enslave humans.. You will want to read the story to see if Adrian, Marcelle and Edison can save the people- how they will survive on the planet - find Frederick - and return to their own planet. The Starlight Series is a set of books filled with myths, magic and imagination. Highly recommended.