title: Dragons of Arn
author: L D Asher
description: L.D. Asher grew up in a steel mill town Portage, Indiana, outside of Chicago. He comes from a family of 6 brothers and 3 sisters raised by a single mother who worked hard every day of her life. He has never married and has no children. He currently holds an associates degree in arts appreciation and computer sciences from Sullivan University in Louisville, KY. This is the first book in what is hoped to be a series for all readers to enjoy. Now he resides in Minnesota to escape the coming Zombie attacks that will destroy the world. (zombies hate the cold)
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  Anne McCaffrey - Pern07 Smallest Dragonboy
  
  Although Keevan lengthened his walking stride as far as his legs would
  stretch, he couldn't quite keep up with the other candidates. He knew he would
  be teased again.
  
  Just as he knew many other things that his foster mother told him he ought not
  to know, Keevan knew that Beterii, the most senior of the boys, set that
  spank-ing pace just to embarrass him, the smallest dragonboy. Keevan would
  arrive, tail fork-end of the group, breathless, chest heaving, and maybe get a
  stem look from the instructing wing-second.
  
  Dragonriders, even if they were still only hopeful candidates for the glowing
  eggs which were hardening on the hot sands of the Hatching Ground cavern, were
  expected to be punctual and prepared. Sloth was not tolerated by the
  Weyrleader of Benden Weyr. A good record was especially important now. It was
  very near hatching time, when the baby dragons would crack their mottled
  shells, and stagger forth to ch