Embers of Destruction
Sale price
$958
Chapter Book · Ages 8–11 · 2017

Embers of Destruction

Book #3 in the Mysteries of Cove series

Young riders must free a city enslaved by a powerful dragon's grip.

4.3/5 Goodreads · 973 ratings
352 pages
$9.99Save 4%

In stock. Also at Amazon or Bookshop.

Bookroo's summary

Trenton and Kallista fly mechanical dragons to San Francisco, seeking survivors of a dragon battle. They find Kallista's father, Leo, enslaved by a white dragon ruling from a tower. Shocked by Leo's compliance, they must outwit the dragon's guards, reclaim their dragons, and break the dragon's control over the city. With the help of local kids, they discover the dragon's power source hidden in an underwater chamber. As the dragon watches their every move, Trenton and Kallista must use all their ingenuity to liberate the city and confront the dragon in its fortress.

From the publisher

It’s time to take the battle to the dragons. In the third and final volume of the bestselling Mysteries of Cove series, Trenton and Kallista–along with their friends, Plucky, Simoni, Angus, and Clyde–fly their mechanical dragons south toward San Francisco, looking to rescue any survivors from the battle of Seattle. Arriving in San Francisco and investigating the area in secret, the young riders are reunited with Kallista’s father, Leo Babbage, who reveals that the humans in the city are working as slaves to the dragons, but that they don’t want to be rescued–himself included. He says they are being protected by their new master: a huge, powerful white dragon who lives in an impenetrable tower fortress overlooking the city. Kallista is stunned by the news. Why would her father ever willingly want to work for dragons? Trenton and his friends are confronted by the guards and their mechanical dragons are seized. Evading capture, the young riders escape and begin looking for a way to break the white dragon’s hold over the city–and over Leo. Working with the kids from the city, the young riders track down the source of the dragon’s power to an underground chamber that is accessible only through an underwater passageway below the tower fortress. With the white dragon watching their every move, Trenton and Kallista will need every bit of creativity and ingenuity they can manage to find a way to retrieve their stolen dragons, enter the tower fortress, and take down the dragons once and for all.

At a glance
Format
Pages
352
Reading age
8–11
Audience
Middle Grade
Lexile
740L
Themes & topics
Books about dragonsBooks about robotsBooks about technologyBooks about mythical creatures
For readers who can't stop at one

The next favorite is already out there.

Age-appropriate books selected to help their love of reading grow, delivered right to their door.

Find their book club
Bookroo club box with books for growing readers
The series

The Mysteries of Cove series

See the whole series
Fires of Invention
#1 in Series
Sale price
$799

Fires of Invention

Ages 10–14 · 2015

Gears of Revolution

Ages 8–11 · 2016
Your next read

Books that feel like this one

See all similar books

Silver Batal and the Water Dragon Races

Ages 9–12 · 2019

What We Found in the Corn Maze and How It Saved a Dragon

Ages 8–12 · 2020

The Lightcasters

Ages 8–12 · 2022

The Once and Future Geek

Ages 9–12 · 2014

Cogheart

Ages 9–12 · 2016
The School Between Winter and Fairyland
Sale price
$899

The School Between Winter and Fairyland

Ages 8–12 · 2021

The Book of Fatal Errors

Ages 8–12 · 2020
Sale price
$1799

Frances and the Monster

Ages 8–12 · 2022
The fine print

Book details

Reading levels
ATOS
~4.7
F&P level
~R
Publication
Published
August 7, 2018
First published
September 26, 2017
Edition
Language
English
Type
Chapter Book
Identifiers
ISBN
9781629724201

Surprise a reader with their next favorite book.

Spotted a mistake or something missing? Improve this page.

Are you the author or illustrator? Claim your book.

Top contributors: The Goodfather

Bookroo

Book Clubs

Follow Bookroo