Charles, A Dragon

Juvenile fiction. The boy who befriended a dragon and helped him recover his kingdom is now hunted by ancient evil. New friends help to hide him and go to defeat his attackers ... if they can.

Charles, a lonely young outcast with an ugly scar and ungainly wings for a dragon, perched on the castle wall and listened to stories. The boy inside that castle window befriended him, and the two grew together to become kings of their peoples. Book One, "Charles, A Dragon," and Book Two, "The King Arrives," tell their stories. Now, in Book Three, their kingdoms are under attack by nations far over the eastern mountains, for unknown reasons. Their friend Charis is reunited with her parents, gone since her birth. Together they pursue the evil that is driving the invaders, and finally confront it on the very steps of Castle Romain.

He happens upon a town being burnt down by a man... or something that looks like one. He stops the destruction, but only by leading the beast on a chase that only one can survive. Is it gone? Again it attacks, searching for him by name and putting many in danger. How can this ancient evil be defeated? The Lady of Combin calls. Chander and Lali go to do what they can, and help comes from surprising places.