Dragon Games

Dragon Games is the second book from the Books of Umber by P.W. Catanese. The first book is Happenstance Found'. I suggest that you read the first book first before you read this one, or the events of this book with have close to no meaning nor make any sense to you!

Dragon Games is set in a parallel universe, where dragons exist, and all sorts of magical creatures roam the land. Featuring a mysterious boy by the name of Happenstance,, and an inquisitive, sometimes overly-curious young man called Umber,it is a chronicle of events of their unexpected, and for Happenstance, unwelcome, journey. Happenstance is a boy with the green eyes of a cat, complete with night-vision who also happens to be a Meddler. His origin is unknown, and part of his quest is to find out who he first was. The other part, of course, if far more complex, and at this point of time, seemingly impossible. Hap also has super-human skills, like being able to jump a lot farther than an average human, and to have much more endurance than another human, Lord Umber is a supposedly 'ordinary' young man, but the closest thing I could ever say about him is: "Curiosity killed the cat". Umber is very kind at heart, but can be a bit overly curious, which does well in getting him into tricky situations, where the difference between life and death is a single action. 

This particular story starts with the arrival of two letters: One being a desperate plea for help from Caspar, who stole some precious documents from Umber's archives, and the other being from a kingdom ruled by a vulgar monarch, where an old rival of Umber's has decided to stead a bunch of dragon eggs. With one of the dragons already hatched, the next question is what they are going to do with them. Dragon Games is a very well-written adventure story, and people who like a bit of fantasy mixed with a bit of reality and creativity mixed together are bound to enjoy it. I liked Dragon Games because it was a fantasy book set in a parallel universe, and it has a very interesting plot-line, starting with Hap being plopped into the middle of this bizarre world of Umber's. This book has many very well-developed plot characters, and well paced action, as well as many shocking plot twists!

If I could say one thing about this book, there were some times when the action did get a bit slow....

***I give this book a 8.6 out of 10!***