FIFTH DRAGON - RIDER MAGIC - Tecno-Libro

White Raven&rsquo.s return to Cumulos is fraught with danger even though her control of magic has improved. If she&rsquo.s in a panic, of course, it&rsquo.s still a crap-shoot as to whether she can remember any of the spells she needs. She visits a world where songbirds are shoulder-height and flowers are the size of cars &ndash. along with colossal, magic-sucking spyders, of course. An abduction by military pig men lands her in a dungeon where she decides the creatures would be less offensive if they&rsquo.d brush their teeth &ndash. and trade military tunics for pants. Enter Cyril, an educated, condescending rat the size of a house dog who insists on being her familiar. but Raven finds it problematic to warm up to a bald, wrinkled rodent foolish enough to trade fur for magical tattoos. Meanwhile, Dorian, now king of Altaria, is showing a new interest in her, something which would&rsquo.ve given her palpitations before she met Valgren, Rider of Gaia, who exudes the cool scent of forests,