Save the baby. Save the world.Tungel is pregnant, and the baby’s father is absent. As her contractions escalate, way-drakes slither closer, scorching the furniture and threatening to set the house on fire.The fire dragons thirst for her baby’s blood. Tungel must flee to the river or burn alive with the child.Her parents insist that she sacrifice the baby to save herself. She refuses, appealing to star magic and her beloved’s promise to prot...

Well behaved women seldom make handbags.Rohi hates handbags, but Mama insists she learn to handcraft one. First she must hunt a dragon; then fashion her own lady-case from its hide.But Rohi’s convinced that following this tradition won’t really help the family purse business stay afloat or satisfy her mother, much less herself. What she craves is respect, not pretty-pretty accessories. So she steals her uncle’s airboat and navigates deep into the E...