title: Hatch (The Dragons Of Laton)
author:  James Stevens 
description: James Stevens (1965-present) is a lifelong New Hampshire resident, a devoted husband and father of 2 children. His first book, "Hatch", was written for his daughters and after much prodding, is now available to the public as the first in the series "The Dragons of Laton".
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  G uards!  G uards!
  A N ov el of  Disc w orld®
  
  Dedication
  They may be called the Palace Guard, the City Guard, or the Patrol.
  Whatever the name, their purpose in any work of heroic fantasy is identical:
  it is, round about Chapter Three (or ten minutes into the film) to rush into
  the room, attack the hero one at a time, and be slaughtered. No one ever
  asks them if they wanted to.
  This book is dedicated to those fine men.
  And also to Mike Harrison, Mary Gentle, Neil Gaiman and all the others
  who assisted with and laughed at the idea of L-space; too bad we never
  used Schrö dinger’s Paperback…
  
   
  This is where the dragons went.
  They lie…
  Not dead, not asleep. Not waiting, because waiting implies
  expectation. Possibly the word we’re looking for here is…
  …dormant.
  And although the space they occupy isn’t like normal space,
  nevertheless they are packed in tightly. Not a cubic inch there but is filled
  by a claw, a talon, a scale, the tip of a tail, so the effect is like one