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Starlighter (Dragons of Starlight #1)

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In the first novel of a new four-book fantasy series for young adults by bestselling author Bryan Davis, human and dragon worlds collide when Jason Masters enters the dragon planet and meets Koren, a descendant of humans who were kidnapped and are now the dragons' slaves.

Paperback, 400 pages

Published April 1st 2010 by Zondervan

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Feb 04, 2012 Wendy rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: unowned

Title : Starlighter
Author: Bryan Davis
Publisher : Zondervan
copyright: April 1, 2010
format: Paperback
pages: 400

Jason Masters has always heard the stories of a dragon world. A world where the humans are forced into slavery to work for the dragons. Throughout his realm people have disappeared from time, believed to have been abducted by the "Dangerous mountain bears". Jason is doubtful that another world could even exist. His brother Adrian has taken leave from his post as a bodyguard for the gove...more

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Aug 03, 2012 Eustacia Tan rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: owned

I don't know why, but all the Bryan Davis books I read involve Dragons. But still, I'm not complaining, the series are nothing alike. Starlighter is part-fantasy, part-science fiction. It involves two worlds, one called Darksphere, where tales of kidnapping Dragons are regarded as fairytales, and Starlight, where the kidnapped humans are slaves to the dragons.

Jason, from Darkshpere, and Koren, a slave from Starlight, are being brought together with a series of events. Against the odds, Jason fin...more I don't know why, but all the Bryan Davis books I read involve Dragons. But still, I'm not complaining, the series are nothing alike. Starlighter is part-fantasy, part-science fiction. It involves two worlds, one called Darksphere, where tales of kidnapping Dragons are regarded as fairytales, and Starlight, where the kidnapped humans are slaves to the dragons.

Jason, from Darkshpere, and Koren, a slave from Starlight, are being brought together with a series of events. Against the odds, Jason finds himself in Darksphere. At the same time, Koren becomes aware of strange powers developing. When they meet, they try to save the slaves on Starlight. But, things aren't as straightforwards as merely charging in.

The world-building in this book is fantastic. Although there are references to genetic locks, they don't seem out of place in a book with Dragons. There are slaves, but there is also technology. The two separate worlds are both alike but different. To me, Starlight was more well-crafted, but that is probably because most of the book takes place on Starlight.

The characters too, were well-rounded. Most of the characters were human, which is to say, they tried to be good but were somehow flawed. One or two were evil and some, well, you can't tell at the end of the book. I cheered and booed them by turns, as they makes decisions, some wise, and some rather foolish in my opinion. Apart from Jason and Koren, there are many other wonderful characters. From the humans, we have Elyssa (another girl with special gifts), Tibber (is he insane or only pretending?), Randall (the son of the governer, he isn't as annoying as his first appearance suggests). For the dragons, there is Arxad (who is loyal to his race, but also has a heart of gold), Magmar (the king, he seems ruthless) and the Black Egg (a prophesied prince, he basically screams EVIL).

I highly recommend picking this series of books up. Once I started reading it on the train, I couldn't stop. I guess I was lucky I started reading on the Hokutosei, because that gave me the time I needed to finish it(:

Disclaimer: I got a free copy of this book from the publisher in exchange for a free and honest review.

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Apr 13, 2011 Laurie rated it 4 of 5 stars

In Starlighter, two worlds collide. Jason, along with Randall and Elyssa, is on a quest to reach the Lost Ones in another world. The Lost Ones are enslaved by dragons and face immense oppression and difficulty. Meanwhile, Koren, who lives in the other world of the Lost Ones, has her life totally turned around when she discovers her unique gift. These teens face great challenges and need to use their talents, bravery and wits to save a lost world. Right from the beginning of the book, many charac...more

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Jan 03, 2011 Kayt rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: fantasy

Jason Masters has trained his whole life, hearing the previously-unbelieved stories about dragons stealing humans and taking them to another world. Koren is a slave in the dragon's world, where any sign of disobedience equals death. Both passionately want to rescue the humans, but an old dragon prophecy stands in their way.

I would not have pegged this as being written by an established author; the problems are such that it felt like a new one in desperate need of editorial help or feedback.

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Oct 26, 2010 Fred Warren rated it 4 of 5 stars

Dragons.

Jason Masters and the other inhabitants of Major Four, one of eighteen worlds that circle the star Solarus, are taught that dragons are mythical creatures, the stuff of old-wives’ tales and stories told by firelight to frighten children. Belief in real dragons who travel to Major Four through a mystical portal to steal humans is strictly forbidden, a crime of treason against the State.

Meanwhile, on planet Starlight, Koren is a slave, a descendant of humans rescued from the horror of anot...more

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Jun 18, 2010 Jill Williamson rated it 4 of 5 stars

Review by Jill Williamson

What if the legends are true?

Jason doubts the myths that people were once taken through a portal to another realm where dragons rule. But his brother gives him a message that proves something is wrong with the world he lives in. He snoops around, hoping to find out where his brother went and how he might get there too.

Meanwhile, Koren, a slave girl in the dragons’ realm, seeks the same kind of answers. Where did her people come from? Is what the dragons tell them true? O...more

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May 18, 2010 Virginia rated it 4 of 5 stars

From the pen of Bryan Davis, bestselling author of the fantasy Dragons in our Midst series, comes a new tale of inspiration, and legends, and best of all, of dragons.

Koren is a girl in an unenviable position – she’s a slave to an unusual master, the dragon Arxad. Jason is a young man on an entirely different world who receives a message from his brother through a portal, and answers a call to help the humans enslaved to their cruel dragon masters. Their lives are set on intersecting paths, and...more

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Aug 09, 2012 Daria rated it 4 of 5 stars

Interesting idea. But I can tell this is a book in a series because there are so many questions that are left unanswered. I feel like I am missing a prologue for this book, but I guess I just need to read book two to find out. Guess I was in a mood for a whole complete story with an optional book two to further the adventure.

Dragons, sword fights, but a mix of science (yes science, not magic)to bring you into a place between worlds, Starlight the Dragon Planet, and the Fourth Major the human pl...more

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May 16, 2010 Reading Teen rated it 4 of 5 stars

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I'm not a huge "dragon person" but when I saw this cover, I just had to have this book. I contacted Bryan Davis, and Zondervan sent me a copy of Starlighter for review! I'm really glad they did.

The story is told from two different perspectives (and actually sometimes another viewpoint is thrown in there). Jason is from the human home planet called Major Four or Darksp...more From the Reading Teen blog (http://ReadingTeen.blogspot.com) and the Parental Book Reviews site (http://ParentalBookReviews.com/)

I'm not a huge "dragon person" but when I saw this cover, I just had to have this book. I contacted Bryan Davis, and Zondervan sent me a copy of Starlighter for review! I'm really glad they did.

The story is told from two different perspectives (and actually sometimes another viewpoint is thrown in there). Jason is from the human home planet called Major Four or Darksphere. He has been trained as a warrior and sword fighter along with his brother, Adrian. Adrian believes that dragons came to their planet years ago and kidnapped many people, enslaving them and forcing them to work on the Dragon planet. Although Jason is a skeptic, when his brother mysteriously disappears, a series of unfortunate incidents force Jason to reexamine his beliefs. With the help of his friends, Elyssa (a Diviner), Randall (his previously sworn enemy), and Tibalt (a strange old man, who is either brilliant, completely out of his mind, or a little of both), Jason embarks on a journey to find the Gateway to Starlight and save the Lost Ones that were stolen so many years ago.

Koren is a slave on the Dragon planet, Starlight. She has been told stories about how the Dragons saved them from a horrible life on their home planet, Darksphere, many years ago, but she's starting to believe the stories are a lie. As she strives to uncover the truth, Koren realizes that she has the ability to tell amazing stories of her own. But these aren't just any stories. When Koren weaves a story together, the listener is so captivated that he can actually see the characters as if they were alive. She begins to understand that this ability sets her apart from the other slaves, and soon the dragons realize this too. Koren is a Starlighter. While Koren tries to use her gift to find the human world, and free her people, the dragons try to use her to find the Gateway for themselves.

As Jason and Koren strive to free the Lost Ones from their bondage, a prophecy and a mysterious black egg may make all their plans useless.

If you like Young Adult fantasy, I think you will enjoy Starlighter. And although the book cover may scare away some guys, I think they will especially appreciate it. The worlds that Bryan Davis has created are imaginative, exciting, and full of adventure. There are dragons, sword fights, prophecies, rebellion, and....litmus fingers (if you want to know what that means, you'll have to read the book). The main characters each had their own voice and I enjoyed getting to know many of them. I loved how the story went back and forth from Jason's perspective, then to Koren's on a completely different planet. Jason, Koren, Elyssa and many of the other characters were honorable, noble, brave, and were willing to sacrifice themselves for the lives and the freedom of their friends, as well as people they had never met.

There were a couple of things that bothered me, though. The first was that I thought there were too many characters that had to be focused on. I had a hard time keeping them all straight. So many of them played such important roles, and I had to keep going back to try and remember who was who. The other thing that was distracting was that sometimes I had a hard time visualizing/understanding what was happening. I don't feel like this took away from the overall story, which was fantastic, but it was something that made me have to go back and re-read some things a couple of times.

Overall, I would definitely recommend this book to people who like fantasy, dragons, and science fiction. It was highly entertaining, and I'm looking forward to the sequels!
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Aug 24, 2011 Kathi rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: first-reads-wins, fantasy

Really, 3.5 stars.

This YA fantasy grabbed me, sucked me into the story, and didn't let go. Jason, being the main character, was most fully realized and developed, but I enjoyed Koren, Elyssa, Randall, Tibbets, and the others, too. The dragon Arxad was most intriguing as well.

What I liked about this book is that it didn't follow a predictable pattern. The dragons have their own sophisticated culture, with humans as slaves. Humans on both worlds were mostly serfs or slaves and that didn't seem lik...more

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Jun 03, 2012 Kara rated it 5 of 5 stars

Starlighter by Bryan Davis
Review by Kara Grant
Minor Spoilers

My Review
Jason Masters is a peasant boy whose life consists of lessons, training, tournaments, and tasks in the commune. He is a trained warrior who wants more out of life. He longs to slay dragons and rescue slaves, both of which are rumors and thought not to exist. He lives with his parents and older brother, Adrian, who is also Jason’s training coach and mentor.

Koren is an orphan slave who lives with other orphans that serve dragons....more

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Sep 05, 2011 Cayla Vangundy rated it 4 of 5 stars

Jason Masters, warrior, is going to rescue the Lost Ones from Dracon with the help of childhood friend Elysse who is a diviner. Koren dreams of being rescued by other humans from the planet Darksphere and freed from her life of slavery. Will any get their wish?

From the very beginning you want to love the main characters, but they are poorly established. You spend so much time bouncing back and forth between planets and hearing about what Magnar and Uriel did when the portal was first opened that...more

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Apr 21, 2011 Bitsy Anderson rated it 1 of 5 stars

I kept trying to connect with this book, but I couldn't. The start is slow without giving you any history or set up of the settings or characters. All you got were vague inclinations about... well everything, from the characters' past to the worlds they lived in. You mainly guess about everything and I kept waiting for it to have at least some hint of destination, but there was none. It's like it was building up from nothing to nothing. I couldn't even finish it. When I went on good reads to try...more

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Jan 17, 2011 liirogue rated it 1 of 5 stars

This story had a lot of potential, but it got lost in poor character and world development. Davis has set his story in another world and time, but he never brings it to life. I never felt immersed in this world or like I had any kind of sense of it. Add wooden, stereotypical characters and the author's penchant for dragging everything on way too long, and this plot never stood a chance.

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Apr 30, 2010 Jess rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: first-reads-goodreads-giveaways, 2010, ya

This is a YA fantasy book that I won through the Goodreads FirstReads Giveaway Contest. I saw this book listed, and thought it looked like a book I would enjoy and I ended up being correct.

I think what really sort of "made" this book was the fact that it's different from other things I have read. Now, I can't say that I've read all that many YA fantasy books, but I have read a lot of adult books and this one stood out. The POV is from two different characters who exist at the same time but in tw...more

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Jun 19, 2011 Meagan Myhren-bennett rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: Adventure lovers, teens,

Shelves: dragons, christian, mystery, prophecy, adventure

DRAGONS OF STARLIGHT: STARLIGHTER
by Bryan Davis

Jason Masters and Koren, two very different people from two very different worlds, are being drawn together. Jason is trapped in a plot that leads to murder and he is now running for his very life. Koren tries to help a friend but is captured by her dragon masters. As events draw these two together the danger increases.

Can Jason and Koren survive long enough to join forces and fulfill their individual destinies that the Creator has for them? Will th...more

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May 18, 2010 Janet rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: teen-fiction

Summary: In a young warrior’s world, for years, myths and legends of dragons abducting and enslaving humans from his world rumored about. The young teen always doubted it were true, despite there were many believers. There weren’t any information or real evidence, he thought of them as mere fairy tales. Until unexpectedly, after he receives a mysterious message from his long-lost brother stating the tales were true. He must unravel the mysterious truth and find the portal before it’s too late. W...more

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May 06, 2010 Adriana rated it 3 of 5 stars

I won this book from Goodreads.

I've only read one other book about dragons and that was Eragon which I read 5 years ago. I had a difficult time getting into that story and it was the same thing with Starlighter. I suppose books on dragons are just not for me.

Starlighter is told from two alternating POV's . Jason is a warrior in training who is hired to protect the Counselor, until he is somehow involved in a murder scheme that puts all the blame on him. He must leave and along with an old friend...more I won this book from Goodreads.

I've only read one other book about dragons and that was Eragon which I read 5 years ago. I had a difficult time getting into that story and it was the same thing with Starlighter. I suppose books on dragons are just not for me.

Starlighter is told from two alternating POV's . Jason is a warrior in training who is hired to protect the Counselor, until he is somehow involved in a murder scheme that puts all the blame on him. He must leave and along with an old friend and a "crazy" man known as Tibber the Fibber he goes on a quest to find the hidden portal that leads to the dragon world to free The Lost Ones. Koren is a slave human girl who lives in Starlight, a world controlled by dragons. When a friend of hers is "promoted" to the Northlands, the human world, Koren questions what really happens to those who are promoted and never heard from again. She discovers she is a Starlighter, gifted with the power to tell stories that come to life and enchants dragons. Koren is chosen to protect a black egg which holds the future dragon prince. When Koren and Jason come together they must find a way to free The Lost Ones and escape from the dragons world.

The whole premise of the book sounded really cool, but I had a difficult time getting into a story where there's talking bears and dragons. Jason was brave but, really impulsive and didn't think things through a lot of the time. Koren was just as brave and did whatever she possibly could to save her friend, but it was really difficult for her. I preferred Jason's story over Koren's, but I liked Koren's character more than Jason's. I was never one hundred percent into either POV. Towards the end when they come together it picked up a bit more, but it still wasn't enough. I felt that there was so much deliberately left out and went unanswered just so it could continue in the next books. I know it's going to be part of a series, but some closure to this book would have been nice.

Unfortunately, Starlighter wasn't really for me, but I'm sure it would be perfect for someone who loves fantasy and dragons.(less)

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May 03, 2010 Jadewik rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: firstreads, fantasy, part-of-a-series, i-owned

Two planets on opposite sides of the solar system are connected by a gateway that has been closed for centuries. One planet whose natives call it Starlight is home to dragons who have enslaved humans from the planet Darksphere. (Humans call their planet Major Four and Starlight is referred to as Dracon.) Since the gateway between planets has been closed, much controversy exists on both planets as to the truth behind the stories of the humans who are enslaved by dragons (the Lost Ones). But when...more

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Jan 25, 2011 J.Elle rated it 3 of 5 stars

This book had a strange feeling to it. And I know I won’t be able to describe it well, but it reminded me of the feeling I get from watching the desert scenes in the Return of the Jedi, kind of detached and barren. This makes no sense, I know, but it’s true. Anyway, Jason has grown up hearing myths about dragons stealing people from his world to use as slaves on their dragon world. When his older brother goes missing, he sets out on a quest to find him and ends up discovering the myths are true....more

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May 26, 2012 Emily rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: fantasy, magic

I think i was expecting a lot from this book, and rightly so because the Dragons in our Midst and Oracles of Fire series were amazing. Unfortunately, i was a little disappointed because this book had the same feel all of the other dragon books ive read. Also, I felt that there were too many similarities between Myra/Sapphira Adi and Koren, so she wasnt as interesting as she could have been. Plus, half the time, i had no idea what was going on!

I did like, however, how the two worlds were so diffe...more

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Oct 19, 2011 pdarnold rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: fiction-fantasy

I've had the ebook of this story for some time. Just never got around to reading until now. Since I was lucky enough to be a First Reads winner for Warrior book 2 of this series I thought I had better get to reading the first book.

Honor, family, adventure, danger, dragons, portals and a darned good story - what's not to love? A whirlwind of a journey that made me feel like I was right there with the characters in this tale. I loved the teamwork and the self sacrifice these characters gave to eac...more

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May 18, 2010 Freda mans rated it 4 of 5 stars

Attention fantasy lovers, this is a new series that you will likely enjoy! It has a lot of the best things you can ask for in a fantasy novel, lots of action, great characters and a adventure. There was even a little romance thrown in to spice it up.
I have to say, I fell in love with one character, Koren. There was something about her right from the beginning that had me captured, and at first I couldn't place what that was. The more I read, the more it became clear, she was the true star of the...more

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May 17, 2010 Jennifer rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: first-reads

This book was a very enjoyable read. It's a very imaginative/creative book in the fantasy genre. I received this book as a first-reads giveaway, and I was delighted to discover this author.
Starlighter is told from the point of view of two different characters each from a different world. One of them is a courageous girl who lives in a world where humans are enslaved by dragons. The other is a boy with warrior training on a journey to find a secret portal to the dragon world.
There is a lot of...more

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Jan 31, 2012 Cassy rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: books-in-2012, fantasy-sci-fi, ya-lit

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. I always like it when the free books that I download off of Amazon end up being pretty good books. It's like when you find a good fan fiction on FFN. Starlighter by Bryan Davis is just one of those books.

Jason finds a gateway to another world where humans are slaves. Koren is a slave on that world (Starlight). He feels it's his duty to bring back all the humans that were taken from his world and Koren is fighting for her people, to free them from the slavery that they've been dealing with for hu...more I always like it when the free books that I download off of Amazon end up being pretty good books. It's like when you find a good fan fiction on FFN. Starlighter by Bryan Davis is just one of those books.

Jason finds a gateway to another world where humans are slaves. Koren is a slave on that world (Starlight). He feels it's his duty to bring back all the humans that were taken from his world and Koren is fighting for her people, to free them from the slavery that they've been dealing with for hundreds of years.

I like that this book didn't fall into the expected tropes. Jason was your main character, yes, but he had a lot of help in this book. Elyssa was a friend of his that he freed and, honestly, the brains behind the operation. There were many a time that she would think of something that saved their butts. Despite her intellegence, I also like that she messed up sometimes. She was always two steps ahead of everyone and sometimes that got them in trouble.

You also met Randall, who originally comes off as a really over-privillaged obnoxious character. And, honestly, you think that he's going to remain that way through the entire novel. He doesn't, though. He becomes a good friend to Jason and Elyssa and a real asset to their group. In fact, if not for him, they wouldn't have gotten through their adventures with their lives.

Some points I didn't like were that a lot of the story lines were dropped. Jason's brothers were the entire reason he search for and went to Starlight to begin with and the entire time that he was there, they weren't mentioned once. It was only at the end of the book that Davis brings them up again. Considering how prevelant they were in the beginning, I think that he could have at least given a reason that Jason wasn't more interested in finding them.

Also, he seemed to completely forget everything happening back on Jason's homeworld. there are still people and characters back there that I'm interested in and I want to know about them; who they are, what they know and what role they played. Once we got to Starlight, we heard almost nothing about Jason's world. I wonder if that's going to continue to be the case, or if in later books we hear more about his world. There was very little about it in this one. For two places that are really very intertwined, you would think one would have more effect on the other.

I really liked the Dragons in this story. They had their own society, their own ideas and their own way of living. I like that they weren't these reveared beings that everyone bowed down to and loved. They were actually very malicious things. Usually Dragons are shrouded in mystery but these dragons were not like that. The humans knew tons about them, or at least the humans that live on Starlight. I also enjoy that the dragons can get into just as much trouble for being a human sympathizer as the humans can get into for being dragon sympathizers. It's an interesting paradox to watch, this relationship between human and dragon.

Overall, it was a really enjoyable book. If you're looking for a good fantasy series to read, I recommend it, especially because it wasn't a LONG read, which sometimes happens in fantasy. It was a good length. If you're just looking for something a little different, I recommend it for that too.(less)

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Jun 04, 2010 Elisabeth rated it 4 of 5 stars

First in a series--this book gives us two planets, linked by tales that each has told of the other. Jason, our human hero, is a warrior in training who isn't sure whether to believe the stories his family tells of humans abducted by dragons, and a world beyond his own. On the other planet, children slave in mines and memorize a story that may be their salvation. Storytelling is key to this novel--Keron, the Starlighter of the title, weaves stories of amazing power that hypnotize their listeners...more

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Jul 06, 2010 Nikole Hahn rated it 5 of 5 stars

“He looked down at the spot where the tube had lain. A scrap of parchment lay there, a piece of the Code. With the last known copies of the great book burned by Prescott’s men, only a few remnants survived, and this quarter of a page would stay hidden until a better man took the governor’s place.”

Book one tells the riveting tale of two worlds—one of a human enslaved world ruled by Dragons, and a human-ruled world with a feudal-like governing system.

Jason Masters lives in the human-ruled world...more “He looked down at the spot where the tube had lain. A scrap of parchment lay there, a piece of the Code. With the last known copies of the great book burned by Prescott’s men, only a few remnants survived, and this quarter of a page would stay hidden until a better man took the governor’s place.”

Book one tells the riveting tale of two worlds—one of a human enslaved world ruled by Dragons, and a human-ruled world with a feudal-like governing system.

Jason Masters lives in the human-ruled world in a peasant commune. An underground society called The Underground Gateway believes in the existence of a dragon world. They believe in a prophecy where dragons are vanquished and the humans in both worlds are set free from oppression. On a regular basis, the underground society puts out a forbidden paper called, The Underground Gateway. It informs the people of new developments in the prophecy. They also believe in a book called The Code—it’s a book their government burned and forbade their people from reading. Parchments of the ancient words were preserved somehow. Jason doesn’t believe the prophecy, but he dreams of vanquishing dragons and rescuing slaves. It is more exciting than his reality.

Koren is a slave girl in the Dragon-ruled world. She is strangely gifted. Arxad, her dragon master, is an unusual slave owner. He is kind where others are cruel. He is patient where others are impatient. In order for the dragons to survive they must release the gases of their world into the atmosphere. The slaves work the mines and dig to release those gases. But when her friend is promoted to the Dragon Basilica, the rumors of humans dying behind the iron gates instead of living in some kind of Eden disturb Koren. She risks everything to infiltrate the Dragon Basilica in order to find the truth and feel assured that her friend would live in peace. She is discovered by Magnar, the ruthless overlord of all the Dragons, and the only thing that saves her life is Arxad and his unusual kindness. You don’t know if he is friend or foe, but whenever he is around, he is always trying to rescue his slave. It is as if he thinks of her like family, but to admit his love for the slave girl would mean him and his family’s death. Koren’s unusual ability has caught Magnar’s eye. She is known as a Starlighter and becomes shackled near the black egg. The black egg is a dragon prophecy. A prince of the Dragons is forming in this black egg and only Starlighters can hear his voice. The black egg means destruction for humans once the prince hatches.

As Koren and Jason draw ever closer to their separate worlds, Koren’s life becomes less certain. The prince is ruthless and cold determined to keep her shackled until she “loves” him. Their journey kept me turning the pages even into the late hours of evening when I should have gone to bed. I was reluctant to close the book after reading the final chapter. I can’t wait to continue reading Jason and Koren’s journey in the next books.

It is a book with all of the right elements of a good story, and though it is considered a book for teens, I would recommend it for all ages. The story is clean and rife with adventure. As a book from the Christian Fantasy (or Speculative) genre, it’s got all the references to a Creator and a transparent reference to the Bible. You should run to your nearest bookstore or buy it online. I liked this book so much that I have made it a permanent part of my library to reread again and again.

This book was provided by the publisher to review.

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Nov 18, 2011 Sally Guillen rated it 4 of 5 stars

So I finished ready Book 1 in the Dragons of Starlight: Starlighter. This book focuses on two main characters: a boy named Jason Masters and a girl named Koren. It goes back and forth between their two stories.

With Jason's character I wish he had been described more as I couldn't really envision what he looked like. He kind of is the typical hero that must overcome his adversities and learn to work with others.

With Koren she is a bit more mysterious with her red hair and green eyes. She is qui...more

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Oct 09, 2012 April Erwin rated it 4 of 5 stars

Reading Bryan Davis work is like eating chocolate. Addictive, a little intoxicating and makes you feel downright wonderful. Besides Donita K. Paul, Bryan is my second favorite fantasy writer. His creativity knows no bounds and I feel like a little kid every time I see a new book - I have a strong urge to giggle and jump up and down. Starlighter was certainly not an exception. I waited for my review copy anxiously and once I had it in hand, I dove right in.

Bryan deftly wove two stories in to one...more

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Sep 01, 2010 Rachel Thomson rated it 4 of 5 stars

Jason Masters is trained to be a hero, a peasant whose skill takes him to the top of warrior training. With his brother Adrian, he grows up fighting homemade dragons and “rescuing” his best friend, Elyssa, from all manner of peril. But growing up brings unwelcome realities with it. His oldest brother, Frederick, disappears, and Adrian’s involvement with an underground movement that believes in real dragons places him in constant danger. Elyssa’s unusual gifts bring her under the scrutiny of witc...more

Jason Masters is trained to be a hero, a peasant whose skill takes him to the top of warrior training. With his brother Adrian, he grows up fighting homemade dragons and “rescuing” his best friend, Elyssa, from all manner of peril. But growing up brings unwelcome realities with it. His oldest brother, Frederick, disappears, and Adrian’s involvement with an underground movement that believes in real dragons places him in constant danger. Elyssa’s unusual gifts bring her under the scrutiny of witch hunters, who are foiled only when she’s dragged away in the night by a man-eating mountain bear. And Jason’s dreams of glory are brought down a few pegs when he’s appointed bodyguard to the corrupt, selfish Governor Prescott.

Life is not looking up.

But then Adrian tells Jason where he’s going — to find the gateway to the dragon world, another planet where, rumour has it, humans are kept as slaves to the fire-breathing beasts. Adrian gives Jason a message — from Frederick — and a mission. Murder, political hijinks, and the rescue of Elyssa from the dungeon (not from a mountain bear’s cave) turns life around again, and suddenly Jason finds himself on a dangerous journey to rescue the slaves from the dragon world and prove himself a true hero after all.

Meanwhile, on the dragon world, a slave girl named Koren memorizes the Creator’s Code, dreams of freedom, tells stories to dramatic and mysterious effect, and hopes that rumours of a home world to which escape might be possible are true. Events — and her own storytelling gift — soon promise to reveal the truth. But they also threaten Koren’s life, and more, her heart, as she’s drawn into the service of a dragon prince whose power is seductive and deadly.

Starlighter is an engaging story, made especially so by its cast of characters. It’s a clean read, appropriate for any reader who can handle a little (non-gory) violence and scariness. Davis writes with good humour and plenty of heart. The story is at times thought-provoking, and I’m looking forward to seeing where the characters’ journey takes them.

- Rachel Starr Thomson, author of The Seventh World Trilogy, www.worldsunseen.com (less)

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