Tainted

Zoran is on the run.
His pursuer: the Dragon Queen.
His prize: her locket, a magical artifact with the power to get him back home to his daughter.

Escaping into the Forest of Murah seems like a great idea until Zoran runs into a dragon hiding within. This dragon spares his life and offers to show him a way back home. All she asks in return is that he takes the Queen's locket east, to a Kuwaha living on the border of Sabato.
Out of options, Zoran agrees and embarks on what might be the most dangerous mission of his life.

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Mysterious disappearances near the border have stifled the income from the Kalish farm. To help make ends meet, Regan leaves home in search of an apprenticeship with his father's old friend-the Kuwaha, Dioohn. He ventures into the town of Brod with only a bag and the locket his mother gave him to deliver to the Kuwaha.
But trouble is brewing on the border of Sabato, and after a dangerous encounter with a rogue dragon, Regan uncovers a dark secret about his bloodline and magical heritage that sets his world on its head. A secret his father died to protect. A secret that will change the fate of Sabato.