Well this book is one of the greatest well written well thought out books I have ever read. It offers new versions of putting mythological characters together and also a very unusual plot. All sorts of mythical creatures come together in a book about a human, a dragons egg, a dragon named Sapphira (I think thats the name), the elves, shades, dwarves. Much action pulled together as a human discovers a dragons egg and becomes a dragon rider as the egg hatched since he had found it. This book was well though out over the course of around 4 years. Let me say the Harry Potter books don’t come anywhere close to the thrills of this book. Much will happen and I am sure if you liked a combination of action, adventure, and mythological creatures coming together to offer a combination of plots in a very collective story that has many unexpected twist and turns so you will never know what to expect next. I am hoping that when the next book comes out it will be as good as the first one was and just as unsuring and having many more unexpected twist. I doubt any one could start a book in their teen years and come up with a book like this since this book is one of the best I have ever read in my life.