title: Hydra and Kraken, Or, the Lore and Lure of Lake-Monsters and Sea-Serpents
author:  Noel Peattie 
description: Noel Peattie is editor of the twenty-five-year old review journal for librarians, Sipapu. With the late John Swan he published The Freedom to Lie: A Debate About Democracy (McFarland, 1989). This is his first published fiction.
zlib_text: CONTENTS
  COVER
  TITLE PAGE
  DEDICATION
  MAP OF PYRRHIA
  A NIGHTWING GUIDE TO THE DRAGONS OF PYRRHIA
  SANDWINGS
  MUDWINGS
  SKYWINGS
  SEAWINGS
  ICEWINGS
  RAINWINGS
  NIGHTWINGS
  THE DRAGONET PROPHECY
  PROLOGUE
  PART ONE
  CHAPTER 1
  CHAPTER 2
  CHAPTER 3
  CHAPTER 4
  CHAPTER 5
  CHAPTER 6
  PART TWO
  CHAPTER 7
  CHAPTER 8
  CHAPTER 9
  CHAPTER 10
  CHAPTER 11
  CHAPTER 12
  CHAPTER 13
  CHAPTER 14
  CHAPTER 15
  CHAPTER 16
  CHAPTER 17
  CHAPTER 18
  
  CHAPTER 19
  CHAPTER 20
  PART THREE
  CHAPTER 21
  CHAPTER 22
  CHAPTER 23
  CHAPTER 24
  CHAPTER 25
  CHAPTER 26
  CHAPTER 27
  CHAPTER 28
  EPILOGUE
  THE ADVENTURE CONTINUES
  ABOUT THE AUTHOR
  COPYRIGHT
  
  Description: pale gold or white scales the color of desert sand; poisonous
  barbed tail; forked black tongues
  Abilities: can survive a long time without water, poison enemies with the
  tips of their tails like scorpions, bury themselves for camouflage in the
  desert sand, breathe fire
  Queen: Since the death of Queen Oasis, the tribe is split between three
  rivals for the throne: sisters Burn, Blister, and Blaze.
  Alli