{"id":1516,"date":"2021-08-23T11:02:07","date_gmt":"2021-08-23T10:02:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/rbalibrary\/?p=1516"},"modified":"2021-08-30T10:00:03","modified_gmt":"2021-08-30T09:00:03","slug":"the-stone-dragon-by-jan-mcgavin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/rbalibrary\/2021\/08\/23\/the-stone-dragon-by-jan-mcgavin\/","title":{"rendered":"The Stone Dragon by Jan McGavin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1517\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/rbalibrary\/uploads\/sites\/16953\/2021\/08\/23110015\/Stone-dragon.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"313\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/rbalibrary\/uploads\/sites\/16953\/2021\/08\/23110015\/Stone-dragon.jpg 313w, https:\/\/glow-prod-ea.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/ea\/public\/rbalibrary\/uploads\/sites\/16953\/2021\/08\/23110015\/Stone-dragon-188x300.jpg?X-Amz-Content-Sha256=UNSIGNED-PAYLOAD&amp;X-Amz-Security-Token=IQoJb3JpZ2luX2VjEBcaCWV1LXdlc3QtMSJGMEQCIDunlSeUVxiJLn1c9ZUnFB7ZfsoFddAEjSisKKTPCvHlAiAFX01MsAfL%2FxNuBUUOW3gR1Bl73FC1wV%2BF2kXr7WSoxSrBBQjg%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F8BEAUaDDI3MzU3MDE5NTQzMyIMGQYeek12JhbfAcKvKpUFLIGsjhfFJ00owHp8ErC7Cwr25c9BcBbRG95LqReLxdWiVZIrEY5FT4RiQ6fX7sCq8wYADJI9Hfrn3MQyb3iDAPrZ7l7BErlPwnsi2QV41hSIMLN0W8xH7iBMzwauNPzFRD3ICxjONFDAXEU13TJJUxZ7%2BSr%2BSy9sWqnp%2FQzKKGaCQb05cG4XBnKf60lezdalNCSX483HzFBcJBJWEcZC5x8yReVt1XAGWQEacLbzO%2FlbGTG9RH4j7%2BqBANn%2FyXwVjc0mEti4Tl227G7Mr3pXBu5MH1W6ivFqVpPQq1zWIrEvgzY30SWkW3H9okIGaEoHLrViQYv5%2FZ0%2BlcrFwDRc20fC31p7gu7gce5MS6AC4JcwCDM5U4M4MZC%2B2arIJr1KmvuCk2vzCpXVRwjel4X5m6SRA6xZfuZhZTbWRLhgjmYy9jpQYyk%2FbyNLM5YSy7SYEjUDzByAOu7kSsNXw8YWAOzzZKFx4urZ7gLazH33SRZquBRa9mtKFfHR0ykNx5%2F3%2FpP8nWA%2FXNVSpNqRKveU%2FNM4I2xhlpLDfHvPkNAqA05n%2F%2FpOcFBieLYTNa0Vob3ovy%2BeH6qRBCruVr0JZTMqZCZaNfzpExMuE9hjRBonPQMNUCN4JrHdMfKBGBrNJzE6E0gh6wG6fyWNQBEXPr%2FvdYkIBGqedKsUHWfjs8a7%2FjPexh870n3SpKBQ9aq03Us993itIopRhtkpGDx%2BZo4QKYKeKagfc1xoZ6GhmKm7YGgOnnWtsBXvmrJxcrV2mkbHg5raXf%2FShMZEzPUNc0Cc9Ad5BGVsOLoaKo3jJ6PubrQviXCX0BcCT%2F%2BTdq3doZFw%2BYYpI6C1W0ypnAcrXxc9iz3HvjqtjBYFyWhSLQun%2F3OE8TXwmzC8l8fWBjqyAfjZBzGCpmzwFI5lC7Se9o9lpBDpWlv2ZLfKNDAfnm2uiWTBAwupVknWHf42K2usr5aEE%2FrbwfL%2BeudAOFRu1x4B5045S8khzNIh8BzUm%2BIgsMPBtdg3Gli%2Fpb9im2mgm205M%2FP9LAVRjcbK6Qs8h487b7jXfp1XEn9qTSgYkHa53%2F%2B%2F3Rz%2FvRZhC1yuq5h7ov32Z7Ud%2Ff3vkWjD6V%2F3JK42lJh2zApRByX8jd6Te1S1R24%3D&amp;X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&amp;X-Amz-Credential=ASIAT7MQN47UZWP2MR2J%2F20261016%2Feu-west-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&amp;X-Amz-Date=20261016T072935Z&amp;X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&amp;X-Amz-Expires=900&amp;X-Amz-Signature=46ac7d205378c2c89c3f6d0a7dcbdbab12a6dfec660cd1304ed0624cec42f4c4 188w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 313px) 100vw, 313px\" \/>&#8220;I will tell you a story of the greatest hero who ever lived, and how he brought his people to a new age of peace and joy&#8221;<br \/>\nWhen a young Dragon is hatched imperfect his mother must abandon him into the world to find his own way and rely on those he meets.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #993366\">If you are a confident reader and enjoy epic fantasy like Tolkien you will probably like this. 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