Re: Need a book identified

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I don't know what this story is, but I love the concept of a "middle-man
dragon" :)
(Why shouldn't dragons have bureaucracy too?)

Monica McAbee
Selection Librarian, Adult Services
Materials Management
Prince George's County Memorial Library System
9601 Capital Lane
Largo, MD 20774
301-699-3500, ext. 6118
[email protected]
www.pgcmls.info

On Fri, Aug 18, 2017 at 7:52 AM, Colleen Cahill <[email protected]> wrote:

> Can anyone provide a title and author for this story:
>
> ] I'm having difficulty finding a book I once read. It was a fantasy story
> starting with a kid going to get a branding on the back of his neck, where
> he's then pulled aside into a quest by a rogue clan to remove power from
> the dominating dragon overlords by stopping the flow of magic they receive
> from the people by killing a sort-of middle man dragon that ensures they
> all have the same power by acting as a bottleneck for the flow of magic
> from the people to the dragons. The kid goes on a journey across the
> mountains and the ocean to get to the monastery like place where the middle
> man dragon is living. He gets in trouble with the law on the way and in the
> process rips off his neck-branding and replaces it, like a fake ID. He
> eventually kills the dragon by poisoning. There was some bit in there
> somewhere that said he was the only one that could do this because, unlike
> the other people who could hold SOME magic, he was unable to hold any at
> all and was thus impervious to the negative effects of being in contact to
> the sheer amount of magic that flows to and from this middle man dragon. He
> ends up getting powers because the loose magic from killing the important
> point of power latches on to him. It ends with them walking back down the
> mountain they were on top of, talking about the events. There was another
> scene somewhere in the middle where he's thrown in jail and meets another
> species person man that's really good at digging and they dig their way out
> and people notice and they scatter. He runs to the docks, pays for a boat,
> and nopes away. Learning to fish and, as deliberately stated in the book,
> got a really nice tan. Just in case, the land mass is stated in the
> beginning to look like a hand, and he had to travel across the thumb. I'm
> sorry if this is too lengthy. It's just pissing me off that I can't seem to
> remember anything about this book that would help me find it.
>
> Thank you!
>
> Colleen
> Colleen Cahill
> [email protected]
>

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<div dir=3D"ltr">I don&#39;t know what this story is, but I love the concep=
t of a &quot;middle-man dragon&quot; :)<div>(Why shouldn&#39;t dragons have=
 bureaucracy too?)</div></div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br clear=3D"all">=
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 dir=3D"ltr"><div><div dir=3D"ltr"><div><div dir=3D"ltr"><div><div><div><di=
v><div><div>Monica McAbee<br></div>Selection Librarian, Adult Services<br><=
/div>Materials Management<br></div>Prince George&#39;s County Memorial Libr=
ary System<br></div>9601 Capital Lane<br></div>Largo, MD 20774<br></div><di=
v>301-699-3500, ext. 6118<br></div><div><a href=3D"mailto:monica.mcabee@pgc=
mls.info" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a><br></div><a href=
=3D"http://www.pgcmls.info" target=3D"_blank">www.pgcmls.info</a><br></div>=
</div></div></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Fri, Aug 18, 2017 at 7:52 AM, Colleen Cah=
ill <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank"=
>[email protected]</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" st=
yle=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Can a=
nyone provide a title and author for this story:<br>
<br>
] I&#39;m having difficulty finding a book I once read. It was a fantasy st=
ory starting with a kid going to get a branding on the back of his neck, wh=
ere he&#39;s then pulled aside into a quest by a rogue clan to remove power=
 from the dominating dragon overlords by stopping the flow of magic they re=
ceive from the people by killing a sort-of middle man dragon that ensures t=
hey all have the same power by acting as a bottleneck for the flow of magic=
 from the people to the dragons. The kid goes on a journey across the mount=
ains and the ocean to get to the monastery like place where the middle man =
dragon is living. He gets in trouble with the law on the way and in the pro=
cess rips off his neck-branding and replaces it, like a fake ID. He eventua=
lly kills the dragon by poisoning. There was some bit in there somewhere th=
at said he was the only one that could do this because, unlike the other pe=
ople who could hold SOME magic, he was unable to hold any at all and was th=
us impervious to the negative effects of being in contact to the sheer amou=
nt of magic that flows to and from this middle man dragon. He ends up getti=
ng powers because the loose magic from killing the important point of power=
 latches on to him. It ends with them walking back down the mountain they w=
ere on top of, talking about the events. There was another scene somewhere =
in the middle where he&#39;s thrown in jail and meets another species perso=
n man that&#39;s really good at digging and they dig their way out and peop=
le notice and they scatter. He runs to the docks, pays for a boat, and nope=
s away. Learning to fish and, as deliberately stated in the book, got a rea=
lly nice tan. Just in case, the land mass is stated in the beginning to loo=
k like a hand, and he had to travel across the thumb. I&#39;m sorry if this=
 is too lengthy. It&#39;s just pissing me off that I can&#39;t seem to reme=
mber anything about this book that would help me find it.<br>
<br>
Thank you!<br>
<br>
Colleen<br>
<span class=3D"HOEnZb"><font color=3D"#888888">Colleen Cahill<br>
<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a><br>
</font></span></blockquote></div><br></div>

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