Dragon Rider Chronicles

When Basch encountered an injured creature outside his town, he hadn't expected it to be a dragon. Nor had he expected its hunter to be a fire-wielding mage. But the very last thing he expected was to bond with this injured dragon and defeat the fire mage with his very own magic. Now, after learning that he is a mage bonded to the legendary Ur-Dragon, Basch ventures to the Valhadria Academy. Dragon riders are trained and cultivated within its walls, where danger comes from both the other students and the dragons themselves. But Basch has more enemies than most, given his special gifts. There are those who would seek to use his dragon for evil, and others who see Basch as a threat to the status quo. If Basch and the Ur-Dragon are to survive, they will have to grow together in power, acquiring new draconic forms, elemental powers, and ways of manipulating the very fabric of magic.

While still licking their wounds from Drakfort's brazen attempt on Valhadria Academy, Basch and his friends receive word of yet another attempt-but this time, it isn't on Valhadria. This time, Drakfort is threatening to seize the Grand Council. If they succeed, the whole realm will be turned against them, and Drakfort will have an army of dragon riders at their side. Basch and his friends have been summoned-and if they want to have any hope of victory over Drakfort and defeat the Onyx Dragon, they can't refuse. But Basch won't just need the Grand Council's help. He'll need to unlock the powers of his forebears, the Ur-Mages who'd come before him. The powers and knowledge contained within each of the Ur-Mage relics are within his grasp, if he can learn to seize them. But with the Grand Council's summit drawing closer, time is against them. And with the final battle against the Onyx Dragon drawing ever closer, Basch and his allies will need to grow in their magic-before Lucius Blackblade's dark power consumes it all.

The dark forces of Drakfort have seized Valhadria-and it's up to the few students who remain free to retake it. But Drakfort's iron grip extends far beyond the floating islands of Valhadria. With the help of the Grand Council, the entire realm is now under their thumb. Basch and his friends need to tread carefully as they seek out the tools-the magics-that will turn the fight against Drakfort in their favor. Their search will take them to the strangest corner of the realm-the Shadowlands. There, Basch and his friends seek out an ancient, and dangerous, power. A power that threatens to change the fate of the realm-for better, or for worse. The power to wield the Draconic Eclipse lies at the heart of the Shadowlands, and Basch must seize it before the Onyx Rider does-before Lucius Blackblade plunges the entire realm into darkness.