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The Dragon Has Some Complaints

by John Wiswell

A dragon with three very different heads

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A dragon with three very different heads

Once a four-headed power in Kardosa, Garrodigh now navigates life with three heads whose competing impulses make even daily existence contentious. A battle gone wrong leads him to an elite dragon rider academy, where he poses as tame in hopes of finding food and shelter. The academy setting brings his private, many-voiced disorder into contact with a world organized around dragon riders, while the premise leaves room for an unlikely idea of family. The book’s humor grows from the contrast between Garrodigh’s fearsome reputation and the practical, unruly complications of sharing one body with such divergent personalities.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Adult fantasy readers interested in comic premises and dragons.
  • Readers who enjoy stories about unconventional families and clashing personalities.
  • Fans of fantasy set around a dragon rider academy.

Themes

Unconventional familyConflicting identities and impulsesDragons and dragon ridersBelonging and shelter

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Book overview

"The dragon may have some complaints, but readers won't. By turns silly, sweet, and subversive, this novel has all of Wiswell's characteristic blend of tension and heart." --Caitlin Rozakis, New York Times bestselling author of Startup Hell

In this heartfelt and humorous fantasy from the Nebula-winning author of Someone You Can Build a Nest In, a dragon whose three heads bear rather...different...personalities finds family in the most unexpected of places.


Garrodigh was once a four-headed dragon, among the most powerful in Kardosa. After an unfortunate incident, he now has three heads, one stump, and a daily whirlwind of internal bickering. Centerhead wants to rain death upon all humanity, Bottomhead is like a feral cat, and Upperhead is under the delicate delusion that he is, in fact, human.

When a nearby battle goes awry, Garrodigh sneaks into an elite dragon rider academy, pretending to be tame to get free food and a warm bed. Lucky for him, rider Rania Charv
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