Series
Pit Dragon
Jane Yolen · 4 novels · 1 novelette · 1980–2009
Jane Yolen's Pit Dragon Chronicles follows Jakkin, born into indentured servitude in the dragon barns of Master Sarkkhan on the planet Austar IV, who steals a hatchling in hopes of raising and fighting it to win his freedom in the dragon pits. Dragon's Blood traces that bond between boy and dragon from theft to the pits; the sequels, Heart's Blood and A Sending of Dragons, follow Jakkin further as the stakes around the dragons and his own status widen. It's science-fantasy that treats its dragons as bred, owned animals rather than magical companions.
Summary by Loreful, from public sources
The order the books came out.
Best read in the order they were published.
- Omnibus editions(1 edition)
Map
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Stats
By decade
- 1980s4
- 1990s0
- 2000s1
Shape
4 novels · 1 novelette
1 author · completed series
reads like:science fictiondragonsother star systemsfar futureadventurousyoung adult
Mood
Bright and intense: 100% of this series' placed works, the catalog's 44%.
this series · the catalog · one dot = one book5 of 5 works carry a tone
Edges of the map
- Heart's Blooddarkest · most intense
- Dragon's Bloodbrightest · calmest