What a cool little tale. I think a sarcastic dragon is a nice new twist on the age old virgin sacrifice tale. The poor woman getting tied up for passing through town and staked out as a sacrifice is really easy to see happening though in most dragon tale situations you don't think of young women traveling abroad alone, without burly armor clad male escorts. i can't see kieran traveling like that though. she is a real free thinker and I can see her and mohng getting into loads of trouble together I will consider checking amazon out.