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The Dragon Universe Utopia Origins
by Lester D. Crawford

Book cover for 'The Dragon Universe Utopia Origins' showing a child having a picnic with a dragon


For generations, the dragon-slayer knights had sought out dragons to drive away from human lands. When dragons stop retreating and turn to fight, a knight discovers they plan to eliminate the human threat. He seeks the aid of a dragon he had battled to help him end the conflict and save both humans and dragons. Can they bring peace?

A child dreams of becoming a dragon-slayer knight and heroically battling dragons. Then, he encounters a dragon family and learns they are not the terrifying creatures people claim them to be. When the family is threatened, he stands before them to protect them. Can he save his new friends?

On a quest to find a dragon egg, a child meets a young dragon. They travel together as he searches. When the dragon's parents make her abandon him, he realizes he needs her and goes after her. Will they be allowed their forbidden friendship?

A dragon who hates humans wants them eradicated, but the dragon leaders refuse. As she surveils the humans, she finds an orphaned child she feels compelled to protect. In learning to care for the child, she realizes she might be wrong about humans. Can she overcome her hatred of them?

Despite his mate thinking humans should be eradicated, a dragon believes humans can be friends. To prove this, he visits a human village and offers to help them. He is threatened by knights, yet he persists. A human takes on the task of giving him something to do to keep him away from the village. As the dragon and the human work together, they become close friends. Can they convince others that human/dragon friendships should be encouraged, not forbidden?

Will these brave humans and dragons be the heroes who change their world?


The Dragon Universe Utopia Origins is available worldwide on bookseller websites, but I recommend purchasing it through your local independent bookstore.

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The Dragon Universe


Space is vast. Earth bound humans have little perception of how big it is.

Within 50 light-years of Earth are about 64 stars similar to Earth's sun, Sol. More than 500 reside out to 100 light-years. At 500 light-years the count becomes 64,000. For all types of stars, not just stars similar to Sol, the count at 500 light-years is at least a couple of million.

Planets reside around those stars. Some of those planets are inhabitable. Some are inhabited. In the northern sky is a swath of stars that are home to an old species of interstellar explorers. They refer to their region of the Milky Way as The Dragon Universe.

Some believe long ago those explores visited Earth thus giving rise to dragon myths, and when they pointed to the region of the sky from whence they came, that part of the sky became associated with dragons. And thus, today, some of us call that constellation Draco.

Twisting line of 14 dots representing the stars of the Draco constellation with lines connecting the dots to show the outline of the constellation

Artist rendering of Milky Way galaxy as seen from above with a square outlining an area halfway between center an edge indicating the insert image that shows an enlarged area seen in the next image. That next image shows five yellow points around which is another square outlining the insert that is shown in the next image which is closer to the five yellow points showing locations of planets in future stories

Milky Way Galaxy
Earth, Risiria, Hanalei, Dystopia, Utopia
(marked starting in upper right-hand corner)



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