The Saga

Dragon Diaries: The Continuing Saga of the Dragon Keepers is a science fiction/fantasy novel series by author Kaekilia LeoLynn. Set in the fictional world of Ithnez, the novels focus on a few seperate women, who all inherit the ability to summon the twelve Dragons of Light (the exception being the final book in the series, Calamity, which has no Dragon Keeper involved). The first book in the series, Ascension, was self-published by LeoLynn in late 2010 and its sequel, Culmination, is due for release by early 2012. The series was originally intended to be a trillogy, but this changed when LeoLynn decided the story was too long and complex to conclude in just three books.

The Story Behind it All
Dragon Diaries began way back in 1998 after Kaekilia read Anne McCaffrey's DragonSong as part of a book report. "I simply fell in love with the idea of a girl who could control dragons," explains Kaekilia, "it became the essence of my dreams... and the whole of Dragon Diaries is a big 'what if...'" Back when it was first written, it was titled Dragon Quest and it ran only a meager eighteen chapters long. When she discovered that Mrs. McCaffrey already had a book titled DragonQuest, Kaekilia rewrote her prose. The result was a much better written thirty-two chapter manuscript that remains half-written.

After the August 2003 release of Eragon by Christopher Paolini, Kaekilia decided to once again overhaul her story. Six years later, in June of 2009, she finally had the first half of the first book in the saga written and was lending it out to friends to read. The story was well-loved and some of her readers begged her to get it pulished. In December of 2010, Dragon Diaries: Ascension was released in both hardcover and paperback.

The Volumes of the Saga
The series consists of four major arcs, each divided into seperate books:

Arc 1 - The Rising

 * Volume One: Ascension


 * Volume Two: Culmination

Arc 2 - Memories

 * Volume Three: Memorandum


 * Volume Four: Reminiscence

Arc 3 - Legacy

 * Volume Five: Fruition
 * Volume Six: Perfection

Arc 4 - Final Days

 * Volume Seven: Sneezeshit
 * Bonus Volume: Epitome