Deploying Dragons

<B><b>A BIOTECH RACE AGAINST TIME TO DEVELOP MILITARY-GRADE DRAGONS. </b>Brilliant genetic engineer Noah Parker is pitted head-to-head against the founder of Build-a-Dragon to design custom dragons for the military. </B><BR><BR>Genetic engineer Noah Parker has at last landed the job he''s long coveted: director of dragon design for the Build-A-Dragon Company. With a combination of genetic engineering and a cryptic device known as the Redwood Codex, he and his team can produce living, breathing dragons made-to-order. But sales of dragons have plummeted, and the Build-A-Dragon Company will have to find new revenue streams if it hopes to stay in business. A contract to develop dragons for the U.S. military promises a much-needed lifeline. Yet the specs are more challenging than anything Noah has ever designed. Worse, he learns that a shadow company headed by former CEO Robert Greaves has stolen the dragon-making technology to make a competing bid. Noah’s dragons will face off against those of his old adversary. It’s a head-to-head design competition, with the ethical future of domesticated dragons hanging in the balance.<BR> <BR> <b>About <i>Deploying Dragons</i>:</b><BR> “Full of thrilling invention and discovery and show-stealing dragons, this one is for every reader who’s ever dreamed of riding or at least training their very own winged beast.” —<i>Library Journal</i><BR> <BR> “A fast-paced and funny ride, this book will keep readers entertained.” —<i>Booklist</i><BR> <BR> <b>About <i>Domesticating Dragons</i>:</b><BR> “Koboldt delivers a funny and immersive look at the world of genetic engineering. . . . With characteristic verve, Koboldt contrasts the playful adventure plot with eerie dystopian setting and a searing examination of corporate greed and ambition. Fans of inventive speculative fiction are sure to be pleased.” —<i>Publishers Weekly</i><BR> <BR> “It’s entertaining, interesting, and Koboldt does a fantastic job of keeping the pace steady and consistent. All-in-all a fantastic, and definitely different, follow-up to his debut trilogy. I’ll take more of this, please!” —<i>SFF World</i><BR> <BR> “Lab-based science fiction, with its grounding in the real world, real situations and people who feel like friends rather than out-of-this-world superheroes is a lot of fun when it’s done right. It’s done right in <i>Domesticating Dragons</i>, with its geeky hero who saves the day, gets the girl and fulfills all of our dreams of dragons.” —<i>Reading Reality</i><BR> <BR> <b>About Dan Koboldt:</b><BR> “<i>. . . </i>very readable and highly enjoyable. . . . Characters that are more than the sum of their parts, a world that has so much to offer, and a story that races along apace . . .” —S<i>FF World </i>on <i>The World Awakening</i>