Book 2 of Oracles of Fire Summary: Walter, Ashley, and Karen ride the dragon Thigocia in search of her son, Gabriel, and her long-lost mate, Makaidos. When Walter and Ashley find an army of giants hibernating in the depths of the earth, they meet a mysterious girl named Sapphira Adi, who claims to be thousands of years old. Sapphira reveals a sinister plot, conceived centuries ago by Morgan Le Faye and the devil himself. The giants awaken and ascend to the Earth, ready to carry out a scheme that threatens the entire cosmos and only dragons can defeat them. Since two dragons remain on the earth, and one of them is reluctant to fight, doom seems certain. Still, there is hope. In another world, a former dragon awakens to a new existence and learns that a prophesied deliverance requires the death of a willing lamb. Subsequently, a handicapped little girl who wants to die to end everyone's suffering, including her own, steps forward as the only candidate for the sacrifice. The greatest of dangers, building to a climax in three different worlds, meets the power of love and sacrifice in Enoch's Ghost. Opening Lines: The great dragon's eyes glowed with bloodred luminescence, and his voice rumbled like distant thunder. "Mardon, the time is short. When will the giants awaken to bring about our final victory?""Soon, very soon." Standing on the edge of a precipice, Mardon held a shining rope of gold, as taut as a harp string and almost as slender. It stretched across a chasm that lay before him, the canyon path of a magma river far below. A mere stone's throw away, a nebulous figure held to the golden line from another precipice, too far to detect any features of form or face. The barest of glows emanated from the slow-moving river, casting reddish light and illuminating the rutted walls and jagged ceiling of their underground cavern.
