Foundling

A secret dragon egg. An orphan desperate to save her home. A magical bond like no other. Mater, the town where Peri grew up in, is dying. The only chance it has lies is a visiting railway magnate who might invest in building a station there. Eager to please, Peri and her orphan sisters fall over themselves to accommodate his visit, only for their hopes to turn to ashes when he discovers a rare mineral that convinces him their entire temple and its mountain must...
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A secret dragon egg. An orphan desperate to save her home. A magical bond like no other.

Mater, the town where Peri grew up in, is dying. The only chance it has lies is a visiting railway magnate who might invest in building a station there. Eager to please, Peri and her orphan sisters fall over themselves to accommodate his visit, only for their hopes to turn to ashes when he discovers a rare mineral that convinces him their entire temple and its mountain must go.

Desperate to stop him, Peri sets out to hide all trace of the crystals... and ends up stumbling across the last thing she could ever expected to find:

A dragon egg that seems to call to her alone.

Magic and dragons have long been fading from the world. And Peri can't just stand aside and let the precious egg be used for profit. Together with Roy, the handsome heir of Sterling Rails, she goes on the run to seek sanctuary at the Golden Temple in their capital city.

But the egg's magic is no longer secret, and as it happens, neither are Peri's magical abilities, which are slowly beginning to surface. Their magic draws strange enemies out from Kalin's underworld, and sets in motion a sinister plot that could throw their kingdom into chaos.

Can Peri save her kingdom before it's too late? And more importantly... does she have what it takes to hatch a dragon?

Foundling is book one of a fast-paced epic fantasy series that's perfect for fans of Eragon and Anne McCaffrey's Dragon Riders of Pern!