This is a work of fiction. Similarities to real people, places, or events are entirely coincidental.

DRAGONS OF CHAOS AND LIGHT

First edition. June 15, 2022

Copyright ©  2022 Amy Wolf

Written by Amy Wolf

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“Yin and yang, male and female, strong and weak, rigid and tender, heaven and earth, light and darkness, thunder and lightning, cold and warmth, good and evil... the interplay of opposite principles constitutes the universe.”

- Confucius.

Acknowledgments

Tim Whittome and Jenny T,, Proofreaders

Cover Illustration: John Bell Art

Fantasy Mapmaker: Robert Altbauer

Dedication:

This book is dedicated to the memory of my mom, Sylvia Faith Wolf (1938–2020), our beloved “Did”

and Ted E. Bear, my sweet dog

NAMES

Abarōz – 17-year-old Dardan girl who rebels

Shāhpuhr – boy of the forest

Rastag – Abarōz’s father

Adrina – Abarōz’s mother

S̆āh Al-razi – ruler of Dardan

Bükrek – a dragon of creation

Sangal – dragon of chaos

Şahmeran – snake queen

Kavad – Dardan escapee

Husrav – evil vizier

Manuchehr – a Peril

Berislav – werewolf leader

Catanes – Shāhpuhr’s dragon

Mihrab – Abarōz’s dragon

Iatopa – Abarōz’s dragon

Az – Abarōz’s dragon Iotapa

Baba Yaga – a witch

Pabag – an Ōšmurdan

Tengri – god of creation

The new god – Jesus

PLACES

Dardan – an underground city

Šahr – adjoining city to Dardan

Razūr – forest

Rōd – river in Razūr

Gehān – world / name of country

Paristan – land of the Perils

Belarod – the near North

The North – land of bad dragons

The South – land of good dragons

Abaxtar – far Northern land

CREATURES

Erbörü – werewolves

Yaryond – centaurs

Gurg Kamāl – wolf-headed dragons

Maran – Şahmeran’s snakes

Xūg – wolverine

OTHER

Mihr – the sun

Māh – the moon

axtar – star

ebren – a dragon

Bērūn – the outside

Azēr – underground

zarr – gold mine

Zarran – miner

dahigān – farmer

Axwaš – The Discarded

Aswār of Ebrens – a dragonrider

Ōšmurdan – a Tallyman

dēnārs – money

zand – tribe

Zeh̬n̥ Xɑn – a mind reader

dahigān – farmer

Hamwar – Level of Dardan

father – Pid

mother – Mād

Hrōmāyīg – the Greeks

Nārig – lady of the house