Cody the Cockatrice

Fifty years before an American boy named Brody explored the streets of Basel, Switzerland with his family, Cody the Cockatrice had become obsolete. Because children had grown to believe he wasn't real, that he was just a mythological creature, Cody was no longer visible and his job as a child guardian was impossible. Then Brody takes notice of the strange statue standing guard over most of the water fountains around the city of Basel while on a tour with his family. As he fills his water bottle, their Swiss Chocolatier tour guide explains that the mythological creature was fathered by a rooster, mothered by a lizard, hatched by a toad, and had the tail and wings of a dragon. But wait. If he is an imaginary creature, how does Brody see a real one sitting right next to the statue?! Cody realizes Brody sees him and has no idea what to do. Fifty years is a long time! Can he be a Cockatrice God Parent (CGP) to an American? If so, will he have to leave Basel and go back to America with the boy? Cody decides to follow the family down the Rhine River on their Disney river boat cruise, where he finds he is more than needed by Brody and his brothers.

Cody is not just a dreamt-up creature. Cody is a Cockatrice. He's a blood cousin of dragons, fathered by a rooster, mothered by a lizard, and hatched by a toad. He can fly over one-hundred miles per hour, twice the speed of a hummingbird, and is invisible to everyone who doesn't believe. He's five thousand times stronger than a human and only twelve inches tall from head to tail. Oh, did I mention that Cody is over a thousand years old? Brody and his two brothers know Cody is not make believe. These three brothers have underlying health issues, and Cody's powers give him the keen ability to help them in more ways than ever imagined. More than their Cockatrice-godparent, he's their companion and friend. After their family adventure in Switzerland, the brothers thought they would never see their little friend again, but Cody joined them on the flight home to the United States of America. Now about to embark on another adventure, this time to Iceland for a family member's destination wedding, they will explore this Viking founded Artic nation's glaciers, volcanoes, and several hidden gems. Nowhere on Earth is the land so alive and magical, and somehow Cody's hidden abilities are awakening from the unknown. Trying to figure out what is happening to him, Cody travels into the living ground where he meets friendly and not so friendly trolls, encounters pixies full of mischievousness, and makes friends with beloved clowns of the sea, puffins. As his new powers are revealed and old acquaintances found, will Cody stay in Iceland forever?