With wit and gorgeous art,New York Times best-selling author Eoin Colfer and multi-award-winning illustrator P.J. Lynch team up again for a quest story of knightsdark magicand a maiden with powers of her own. Studious Prince Lir is next in line to become the Wolfhound Kingbut he can’t ride a horselift a swordor summon the fabled wolfhounds. So his stepmother decrees that her own son will inherit the crown insteadsending Lir away on a seemingly impossible–and assuredly fatal–quest: to rescue the maiden Cethlenn from the once-fearsome dragon Lasvarg. Rather than wage battleLir insists that Lasvargnow decidedly past his primehonor tradition by setting him three tasks to perform–starting with tackling the mold encrusting the dragon’s cave (and his feet!). As Lir improves Lasvarg’s lifehe also grows closer to Cethlenn . . . as well as the wolfhound puppy strangely devoted to her. In timethey learn more of the dark magic that may be making pawns of them all–and how Cethlenn herself could be the key to breaking a spell that clouds the entire kingdom. With transporting language and a magnificent dragon masterfully rendered with a range of emotionsEoin Colfer and P.J. Lynch make their own magic in this classic fantasy with a light feminist twist.