The Last Dragon on Mars by Scott Reintgen
A New York Times bestseller!"Nail-biting action scenes, relatable characters, and a fantastic new take on dragons...a thrilling ride!" --A.F. Steadman, New York Times bestselling author of the Skandar series
A boy living on Mars unexpectedly becomes a dragon rider in this "rip-roaring" (Publishers Weekly, starred review) first book in the sci-fi and fantasy mash-up The Dragonships series, sure to delight fans of Skandar and Eragon.
Keep your eyes down and your feet moving, or this planet will rust you.
That's what Lunar Jones tells the other kids at the relocation clinic. All of them were born on Mars, a planet that never wanted people in the first place. With resources scarce and hope even scarcer, it's easy to get distracted looking up. After all, their ancestors descended from the stars.
Martian history always starts with Earth. The first astronauts discovered that space was already occupied. Not by little green men or flying saucers. It was full of dragons. One for every moon, every planet, every star. When humanity discovered that Earth's dragon had sacrificed herself to make their home planet habitable, they set their sights on Mars. If one dead dragon could breathe life into a world, why not create another one? Mankind won the war that followed, but with one catch. As the dragon died, he whispered a curse over Mars. The first settlers found their crops wouldn't grow. Animals hunted them. Storms raged endlessly. It took three generations to figure out the truth: Mars was doomed.
Lunar knows all the old stories about dragons and space, but no one up there's planning to help him or his crew. Instead, he focuses on scrapping valuable gear that the storms uncover in the war zone. Until one day, a salvaging run goes wrong. Desperate to find shelter, Lunar goes underground in a restricted zone. What he finds there, buried in the Martian dust, might just be the only hope left for a dying planet.
Scott Reintgen is a former public school teacher who now spends his summers at Duke Young Writers' Camp teaching middle schoolers dark fiction and fantasy. The birth of his son has persuaded him that magic exists. He lives in North Carolina, subsist primarily on cookie dough and Katie's affection. Scott is the author of the young adult novels Nyxia Triad and Ashlords, and Saving Fable is his first middle-grade novel. @Scott_Thought is his handle on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781665946520 |
| ISBN 10 | 1665946520 |
| Title | The Last Dragon on Mars |
| Author | Scott Reintgen |
| Series | The Dragonships |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Aladdin Paperbacks |
| Year published | 2025-09-02 |
| Number of pages | 384 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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