[raknruin]

Hello everyone. I once read a book about a boy in a scifi/fantasy setting with dragons. Of what I can remember the boy got involved in some guerrila activaty against the 'evil' goverment.. After a while his dragon died and he had to sleep in its carcase to survive the enviroment. Has anyone any idea what this book was and whop wrote it? The book must be at least 15 years old and I am sure it was in a series. Any help at all wuld be appreciated.
YNWA
Gav.

[raknruin]

Ooops double post...

[MOD EDIT... Yeah, sorted that one, rak. (Welcome, btw). Hobbit. ]

[Gemini]

Are you sure it wasn't Eragon by Christopher Paolini? It's not 15 years old, but the guy who wrote was 15 when he did.

Synopsis in a nutshell: Eragon is a 15-year-old farmhand living with his uncle and cousin in the rural hamlet of Carvahall, located in the northern part of the empire of Alagaësia. One day while hunting in the woods he stumbles upon a mysterious stone, which turns out to be a dragon's egg. The dragon hatches, and dragon and boy develop a mental bond. With a little help from Brom, the local sage (whom we know will soon become the boy's mentor, closer to Obi-Wan than Gandalf), Eragon names the dragon Saphira, after the first of the Dragon Riders, an ancient class of warriors now thought to be long-extinct.

In no time there's Trouble in River City. Creepy henchmen of the evil emperor Galbatorix come to town searching for the egg and, in Star Wars fashion, Eragon returns home to the farm to find the place razed to the ground and his uncle at death's door. Vowing vengeance upon the killers, Eragon sets off with Saphira and Brom southward, and Brom fills Eragon and us in on the history of the empire, the Dragon Riders, and why Galbatorix is so desperate to get Saphira into his clutches. Eragon and Saphira's bond grows, and soon he is a full-fledged Rider. We also learn that there is, of course, much more to Brom than meets the eye; he's involved with a growing revolt against Galbatorix from a shadowy organization known as the Varden. And there was also a reason Saphira's egg was where it was when Eragon found it. Eragon soon realizes that his Destiny is intertwined with this revolt, and he must reach the Varden — as well as solve the riddle of the dreams he keeps having of an imprisoned elf princess — before he is captured by Galbatorix's ravening hordes of Orcs...er, I mean Urgal.

More info at http://www.sfreviews.net/eragon.html

[raknruin]

LOL, thanks but I am reading Eragon at the moment. Its that what reminded me of the other book. No, this book must be at least 15 years old.
YNWA
Gav

[Rob B]

I haven't read the books, but people have recommended them to me and they do sound similar to what you are describing:

the Basil Brokentail books by Christopher Rowley

[raknruin]

Also the hero of the book had a telepathic link to dragons, he could see there thoughts as colours, like a rainbow and as the dragons died the colours disappeard one by one. To be honest I think it was more of a sci/fi book. Dragons were also kept in captivaty lfor breeding and shows.
YNWA
Gav.

[Kaellyn]

It may be the Pit Dragon Trilogy by Jane Yolen. I have not read them, but from their description it sounds very similar. And I think they were published in the early to mid 80's :)

[raknruin]

Thanks alot that is it. I remember it being one of the first books I read which included dragons and I loved it, I recomend it to all young readers.