Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

    Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

    Dragon Heir
    Dragon Heir
    Dragon Heir
    Audiobook15 hours

    Dragon Heir

    Written by Cinda Williams Chima

    Narrated by Robert Ramirez

    4/5

    ()

    About this audiobook

    New York Times best-selling author Cinda Williams Chima delivers the stunning conclusion to a critically acclaimed trilogy that also includes The Warrior Heir and The Wizard Heir. Afraid of waking the sleeping dragon of Raven's Ghyll, wizards have for centuries avoided waging war among themselves. But everything changes when someone steals the legendary Dragonheart, a magnificent opal pulsating with unspeakable power. This magical tour de force leaves listeners breathless-and clamoring for more. "A superlative accomplishment."-Kirkus Reviews, starred review
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRecorded Books, Inc.
    Release dateFeb 27, 2009
    ISBN9781440709517
    Dragon Heir
    Author

    Cinda Williams Chima

    Cinda Williams Chima is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author who writes fantasy for teens of all ages. In addition to the Runestone Saga, her critically acclaimed work includes the Heir Chronicles and the Seven Realms series. She lives in Asheville, North Carolina, and she is always working on her next novel. Find out more at cindachima.com.

    More audiobooks from Cinda Williams Chima

    Related to Dragon Heir

    Titles in the series (5)

    View More
    View More

    Related audiobooks

    YA Fantasy For You

    View More
    View More

    Related podcast episodes

    Related articles

    • Article

      Part 2 WHEN FISH FLY: The Revolt on the Slave Ship Creole

      Feb 1, 2022

      On October 25, 1841, twelve-year-old Pleasant Brown boards the Creole, a merchant slave ship sailing from Richmond to New Orleans with a “cargo” of enslaved men, women, and children. Although the United States had outlawed the trans-Atlantic slave tr

      7 min read

    • Article

      Snow Angel Mittens

      Nov 1, 2021

      THE WINTER OF 1933. Some remember that time as the depths of the Great Depression. But I remember it for something else. Life, as we knew it, had ground to a halt in our small town in the Blue Mountains of northeastern Oregon. When the bank failed,

      7 min read

    • Article

      Monsters

      Jan 10, 2021

      The ice cream truck rolled down the street where the Pinketts lived. It passed slowly and kept on going, towards the park that was three blocks away, its siren song got lost in the distance like a popsicle melting in the heat of that summer day. Nanc

      14 min read

    • Article

      Rainbow Rainbow

      Jun 8, 2021

      As soon as Heidi arrived at Kim’s condo, she suggested they go meet LisaParsonsTwo, Kim’s online crush. Usually Kim was the rule-breaker, the wild girl whose mom let her do whatever she wanted, but Heidi hadn’t been able to stop thinking about LisaPa

      23 min read

    • Article

      Waiting For Emily

      Dec 29, 2021

      Waiting For Emily
      7 min read

    • Article

      A Stele For Marcus

      Apr 1, 2024

      A Stele For Marcus
      6 min read

    • Article

      By the RIVER’S EDGE

      Mar 22, 2023

      By the RIVER’S EDGE
      9 min read

    • Article

      Scotch Broom

      Feb 1, 2024

      Scotch Broom
      7 min read

    • Article

      The Governess

      Dec 30, 2020

      The Governess
      10 min read

    • Article

      The Governess

      Dec 27, 2020

      The Governess
      10 min read

    • Article

      Touched By The Future

      Nov 1, 2018

      Touched By The Future
      3 min read

    • Article

      Writing Family History

      Dec 15, 2021

      Writing Family History
      5 min read

    • Article

      The Nanny

      Dec 15, 2019

      There isn’t much in the house,” Mary said. “I’m sorry.” Kayla looked around, shrugged. “I’m not even that hungry.” Mary set the table, bright Fiestaware on place mats alongside fringed cloth napkins. They ate microwave pizzas. “Gotta have something a

      21 min read

    • Article

      The DIRT LADIES lunch

      Sep 22, 2021

      The DIRT LADIES lunch
      2 min read

    • Article

      ‘In the Country of Women’: Featured Nonfiction from Susan Straight

      Nov 19, 2019

      In our latest edition of featured nonfiction, we present an excerpt from National Book Award finalist Susan Straight’s new novel, In the Country of Women, out now from Catapult. The post ‘In the Country of Women’: Featured Nonfiction from Susan Strai

      8 min read

    • Article

      Magnets: Carried through time, lovers seek their purpose.

      Feb 6, 2014

      Moon Colony B, 2213 Former Ponzi-schemer Mary Pillar digs through a trashcan. It smells like rotten eggs and milk. She is elderly and homeless, living in an alley between two eco-efficient skyscrapers. Dust particles dance around her. She has lost ev

      11 min read

    • Article

      To the Max!

      Mar 10, 2022

      To the Max!
      2 min read

    • Article

      The Shortest Day

      Oct 13, 2017

      The Shortest Day
      10 min read

    • Article

      The Big Black Box

      Jan 31, 2023

      The Big Black Box
      3 min read

    • Article

      The Big Black Box

      Jan 31, 2023

      The Big Black Box
      3 min read

    • Article

      Behind the Line

      Sep 24, 2020

      The vets were operating their lockdown service whereby customers wait in the car park and their pets are taken inside by masked young ladies dressed in green. I had managed to extract one of two grass seeds lodged in Granite’s armpit but he had made

      1 min read

    • Article

      Hidden Heritage

      Feb 1, 2019

      PLANTING WAS XINXIN’S least favorite season. It meant hours of stooping with his knees in the dirt. Worst of all . . . “What is this?” Didi sneered at Xinxin’s crooked sweet potato row. “A monkey could do better.” Xinxin fumed but kept his mouth shut

      7 min read

    • Article

      Scenes From A Marriage

      Mar 23, 2022

      Scenes From A Marriage
      6 min read

    • Article

      Up and AWAY

      Jan 26, 2022

      Up and AWAY
      3 min read

    • Article

      Summer Books Special!

      Dec 28, 2023

      Summer Books Special!
      9 min read

    • Article

      The mystery Of St Bride’s The Of

      Oct 29, 2020

      “Today you’ve a mystery to solve. Last night you arrived at St Bride’s School. The mistresses and girls really believe they are in an old style boarding school. You even wonder if you’re not a bit mad to think you’re from the Eighties. You want to fi

      9 min read

    • Article

      Scenes From A Marriage

      Mar 23, 2022

      Scenes From A Marriage
      6 min read

    • Article

      Balancing Act: In A Cardboard Vodka Box, Decades Of Letters Reveal A Mother's Life Of Love And Loss, Joy And Sorrow

      Feb 27, 2019

      Ellen Smith remembers the bracelets and locket her mom wore to church every Sunday. "Love, Bern" was engraved on the back of each one, and Smith, as a child, assumed they were an early gift from her dad, Bernard, to her mom, Gertrude. Although she'd

      7 min read

    Related categories

    Reviews for Dragon Heir

    4/5

    350 ratings22 reviews

    What did you think?

    Tap to rate

    Review must be at least 10 words

    • 4/5
      An interesting story
    • 5/5
      Good next or perhaps last in Heir series. I liked continuing to follow characters that I met in the first two books, meeting new characters and seeing how all work to either make the problems worse or work together to resolve them. I also like the way Cinda Williams Chima imagines that magic could occur in small everyday American college towns.
    • 4/5
      I only got into the book during the last 300 or so pages (there were 1,479 pages on my iPhone), which is such a shame. The first three-fourth of the book was really slow. I felt like nothing important really happened. However, the last part of the book was so action-packed, filled with tension and just plain AWESOME! I think it greatly makes up for the seemingly lackadaisical beginning. This seems to be the case with all of the books in the series. Boring & slow beginning + Totally mind-blowing ending. The characters, Madison and Jason, really annoyed me. They were very whiny, but I didn't realize I had grown quite attached to them until the last part of the book. That fact that all the characters, especially Leesha and Seph, had grown and developed so much throughout the series made me so emotional! I would've given this book 3 stars but it gets a +1 because of its amazing ending and its amazing character development! Overall, this was a pretty action-filled book with a fast-paced plot. It only picked up toward the end, so if one of your pet peeves is a slow beginning then this might not be the book for you. Also, why would you start from the middle of the series?! Signing off!- F
    • 5/5
      This is a great ending to a fantastic series. The action was exciting and fast-paced. The many different characters were engaging with interesting stories. I look forward to this author's next series.
    • 1/5
      this book was horrible!!! i did not like it at all very slow and very boring i would not recommend this book to any one
    • 4/5
      Seph and Maddie are trying to deal with their relationship with each other and the consequences of the last book, Jason finds treasure in a cave that is going to change everything and the town of Trinity is starting to attract a lot of attention from wizards.It's a complicated world Chima has built up and the characters are interesting, the teens are having to cace up to things that they maybe aren't ready for and their lives will never be the same again.This one sucked me in and kept me reading past my bedtime! I enjoyed the story and found that while the ending was bittersweet and left some things up in the air it was more real for all that. It did leave space for later stories in the world, but this arc of story has been played out. I'm happy to have read them but feel a strange sense of loss now the story is over.
    • 5/5
      I actually stayed up until early in the morning to finish reading this book because it did such a wonderful job of building up and carrying on the story right from the first book. It is the ending you have been waiting for and know will come and yet you still want to follow the characters you have come to love on for many years.The characters all come back with a few surprises that keep you turning the pages.
    • 4/5
      The conclusion book to this story arc (THRILLED to hear about more Heir books coming out) is completely engrossing. I loved every page!
    • 4/5
      Starting off a few weeks after the events of Second Sister, things are not good in the Weir community. No one knows what happened to the covenant and it looks like a wizard war may be brewing. Meanwhile, Jason Haley is stuck in Trinity with nothing to do. He's not a powerful enough wizard to lead (like Seph), and he doesn't have the strength of a warrior (like Jack and Ellen), so he's feeling left out and is just itching to do something for the cause. He ends up sneaking off to Raven's Ghyll where he finds a hoard of treasure, which he is able to steal and bring back to the sanctuary in hopes that something will help make the difference for the "good" guys. One of the things that Jason steals is the dragonheart, a powerful yet mysterious stone that might just be what the "good" guys were looking for. As the battle comes to a head, will Jason, Seph, Jack and crew learn how to control the dragonheart? Do a ragtag bunch of teenagers actually have a chance between hundreds of powerful wizards?Not my best summary ever. Sorry. I had a really hard time coming up with a description of this book.I've come to the conclusion that I don't like books that focus on too many characters. Books don't necessarily need to be in first person, but they can't jump from perspective to perspective. It drives me crazy! I think that was my biggest problem with this book. First we follow Jason, then Maddie, then Jason, then throw in some Jack, Jessamine Longbranch, Bryce Roper, Warren Barber, Leesha, etc and it was too much for me. I had a hard time remembering what was happening to who when we last left them, and I just didn't enjoy it as much as the first two which focused primarily on one character.There were other problems with this book as well. It felt like the entire book was a building to the climax, but then the climax wasn't that exciting. We built, and built, and built, and then it all kind of resolved itself. I will admit that the way the wizards were taken care of surprised me, and I actually really liked it, but it was over in just more than a page. It just didn't live up to the epic battle scene I felt we had been groomed for.Also, where the heck were Linda and Hastings? What were they thinking? I don't understand how the two of them, who are supposed to be so bright, etc had NO idea of what was happening in Trinity and left it all up to a bunch of teenagers. It didn't fit their characters at all, especially Linda's - she seemed to always be involved with everything the first two books.There were aspects of this book that I liked as well. I loved learning a bit more about Maddie, and Nick's backstory was really interesting. It would be fun to have a prequel written from his perspective because there is so much more to him than initially meets the eye. And the ending with the Dragonheart was interesting and not what I had been expecting - I like when that happens.On the whole, it was an ok story. It seemed to drag quite a bit (due to all the building), but it does more or less wrap up the story that began with The Warrior Heir which I appreciated
    • 5/5
      A satisfying end of the trilogy. The Red Rose and White Rose wizards are gathering around Trinity, drawn by the power of the dragonstone. A number of double-crosses and side deals help muddy the waters and keep the pace moving along.
    • 3/5
      The last book in the trilogy, where the White and Red Rose factions lay seige to Trinity, Ohio trying to regain a magical item called the Dragon Heart.
    • 5/5
      This book is the last book of the "Heir" trilogy that has a twist in the middle and at the end of the book . I'm glad that I read all three "Heir" series, but for those who have not read them please do. You will be hooked after the first book. I guarantee this.
    • 2/5
      The final book in the excellent ‘Heir’ trilogy wraps up the conflict centered on the talented youths Jack, Ellen, Jason, Seph, and Madison. The war between the different factions of wizards has come to a head and the discovery of a powerful weapon, the Dragonheart, has each side fighting for its control. I think this volume even edged out ‘Warrior Heir’ for my favorite of the three – this one was so much more developed and the characters matured in many ways. One thing that really bugged me was the absence of Leander and Linda from 90% of the action. I understand that the novel was primarily centered on these talented teens and the choices they made but it seemed odd that the two major adult players in the game would be gone – off in England securing a castle no less – for most of the book. I can’t really believe they never checked back even once with everyone in Trinity to make sure things weren’t going too badly (which they were) especially since it was their kids we’re talking about here!! And, we never get any resolution from them either. Perhaps that is my problem with the entire books ending though. I felt like this fascinating story moved forward at such a fast pace with details galore and conflicts legion but after the major conflict was resolved all the rest simply melted away. We were given hints about many of the characters but I for one was left feeling pretty let down. I wanted to know all the nitty gritty details about where everyone went from there. Perhaps it would have added another 50-100 pages to properly address all the lingering issues but I had already read around 500 and I wouldn’t have minded a bit. Okay that was quite the digression so let me say again that I loved this book! Mature, smart, and even flawed teens making heartbreaking choices in a world full of magic, betrayal, strength, love, and loss.
    • 5/5
      The last book in the Heir series pulls together all the strings and characters from the previous two books as the Weir world moves towards war. In this one the focus is mainly on Jason Haley and Madison Moss who end up understanding and seeing more than Seph McCauley and Jack Swift. A major theme that runs through this book is figuring out who you are and what you're willing to fight for, your own future, your family or certain ideals and ideas. Each character faces this question and tries to find their own answer as they strive to juggle magical responsibilities and parents who are trying to get them to go to college. These books are appropriate for a high school reader since they face head on the violence and complicated types of abuse that arise whenever power is involved.
    • 5/5
      "Dragon Heir" The 3rd book in Chima's "Heir" series is truly phenomenal.A full on battle between all the guilds breaks out over a strange sefa, the Dragon Heart, the power behind the WeirStone in Raven's Ghyll. The battle takes place in Trinity, the sanctuary town, after Jason Haley brings the stone back from a raid on Raven's Ghyll. Readers get to follow Maddie Moss back to her hometown and learn some secrets from her past as well as follow growing tensions between all the guilds and players in this huge war.This last installment is truly phenomenal and I'm heart broken this amazing series is over!!!
    • 5/5
      If you haven't read the first two books in this series, The Warrior Heir and The Wizard Heir, this is a *spoiler alert* for those two titles.Jason, Seph's friend from school, is sick of doing nothing and tries to get into Raven's Ghyll by himself. Though he fails to get at D'Orsay or learn anything about the missing Covenant, he escapes with a mysterious stone, the Dragonheart. Madison, the elicitor, seems drawn to the stone in a way that the Weir are not (though they are drawn to it, too), but she is forced to go back home to take care of her siblings. Meanwhile, Seph, Jack, Ellen, and the others in Trinity must guard against the machinations of D'Orsay and the Roses.Much of the story is told from Madison's point of view, but you're often put in Jason or Seph's head, depending on the setting. It's fast-paced, and even though some of the threads of the plot are laid out early, the climax will keep you on your toes 'til the end. A very satisfying read.
    • 4/5
      Its a satisfactory ending to the series. At times, long winded and dragging. Its not as well written as the first two. I enjoyed the focus on Madison, although I didn't completely understand of her problem early in the book, or why it was just suddenly resolved. The book could have been completely streamlined without this side plot. I also didn't like how a few of the characters had to resort to extra ordinary means to sustain the final war, without the side effects of the means being discussed at the end. There was a lot of things that happened by coincidence, things just magically turned up. This is a different turn than the first two novels where the characters had to work at the problems. But, its a good ending. The good guys win, the bad guys get whats coming to them, and life goes on.
    • 5/5
      The last book in the Cinda Williams Chima trilogy about wizards ands warriors and dragons. In this book everone is panicking. Things must be done quick. The wizards are gathering and there isn't enough warriors out there who could help these teens fight them off. How can they fight off the wizards without hurting innocent people. I find this book very enjoyable. quick read to.
    • 5/5
      Withe the impending battle between the weir, Madison Moss is stuck. How can she help out if she doesn't have any of the gifts? Find out in the final book of the heir trilogy.
    • 4/5
      Alliances are forming. Weapons are being assembled. The world is poised on the brink of conflict -- and the Anaweir, the non-magical, know nothing of the coming storm. At the epicenter of the conflict lies a small town in northeastern Ohio: Trinity. While adult wizards cross and double-cross one another in secret meetings around the globe, Trinity's handful of residents, many only teenagers, prepare for battle -- because, once the wizards learn what weapon has been smuggled into Trinity, its status as sanctuary will mean little.Readers familiar with the first two books in the Heir Trilogy will recognize the key players: Seph, the most powerful wizard of his age, Jack and Ellen, dedicated warriors, Jason, the rebellious young wizard who fears that he will always stand in Seph's shadow, treacherous Leesha Middleton, and Madison Moss, who can absorb magic like a sponge, though she has no Weirstone of her own. Together, they might be able to stand against the most powerful wizards of the day . . . but can they stand together, or will lies and secrets keep them apart?The Dragon Heir, final book of the Heir Trilogy, takes all of the loose ends from the first two books, and attempts to tie everything together. Like most final books, it is successful in some cases but falls short in others. The book begins with the excitement of a raid on a wizard stronghold, but after that, the pace is more moderate as the story progresses and all of the characters begin to move into place for the final conflict. When the battle begins, things move more and more rapidly toward a breakneck conclusion that may leave some readers wondering what has just taken place. Fans of the Heir trilogy will not want to miss this concluding book, if only to see what becomes of their favorite characters. As is the case with any final book, some may dislike the way the story is wrapped up, but others will find it a satisfying conclusion to the series.
    • 3/5
      I was looking forward to this book very much, and was disappointed. I really wanted to love it like I love the first two books in this series, but this book had little to no character development, instead trying to pull in the scattered plots of different characters without giving much reason for the characters' actions. The book felt all over the place. I love this series for the characters, but the characters were hardly distinguishable from each other, there was so little personal development. I am still a fan of the series as a whole, but this third installment could have been much stronger. For specific weaknesses in the book, Mendoza's review sums them up well.
    • 3/5
      My disappointment is great on this final installment. My review is more a rant on the problems I see with the story so beware spoilers.This is the third (and seemingly final) installment. The magical war between good and bad wizards is coming to a head and the little sanctuary town of Trinity is gearing up for it. But since the key players are all hiding things from eachother they are ill prepared and the elder good wizards play minor rolls so the 'kids' are all making it up as they go. It's just the fate of the world at stake here....The entire story line only keeps advancing by using the whole 'no one tells eachother the truth so everything gets drawn out' ploy. And I hate authors that do this. These are supposed to be characters that are united in their mission and there is absolutely no good reason that they all suddenly keep secrets in this book.Jason starts it off with sneaking onto a wizards property (with no fleshed out reason...), stealing important magic stuff, but lying to Hastings about what he found and purposely not answering correctly or fully when asked about things.And then, Hastings and Linda go off to Britain and disappear for the rest of the novel - and for no good reason that is explained. All the wizards that are apart of the war have gone to Trinity and they stay across the pond doing..... what?There is very little explanation for events or situations. Brice is a wizard, and he knows he is, yet when he meets Warren he has no idea of others and affiliations. What about Madison's home and mountain? Becuase of her whole situation I was led to think that the home and mountain would come into play with the story and history. Nothing it seems.Trinity - a small town yet large enough to house a college. I live in a small town - sounds smaller than Trinity and people are coming and going at all hours of the night. We are supposed to believe that in the hours that the Wizrards erected the second wall to capture the non-magical people and the good wizards of thinking of what to do until they finally decide to move everyone into an old mine that not one person got in a car and drove on a road out of town? Even at 2am?And the whole Seph and Maddy estrangement. There wasn't any real reason givien for why the dark magic was only affecting Seph and why didn't Nick or others notice what was happening? They never talked anything out.Maddy going home to take care of her sister and brother - once she finds out it was all a set up she doesn't even get all that mad at her mom or even change what she is doing even though she plainly doesn't like being there. I mean, she was willing to lie to Seph and others in Trinity about what was going on with her because she feared they would make her leave - - and when it is clear she can return to Trinity she doesn't.Nick - at the end he acted like he was fully expecting Maddy to walk in when she did. Excuse me? What the heck - we didn't read anything about him manipulating anyone to help make that happen. Basically, they would have all died if she hadn't come back and merged with the Dragonheart. Nick seemed to know her importance yet stood by and din't do anything or talk and explain this to anyone to help get her there.I was just so enthralled with the first two books and I get to The Dragon Heir and felt that characters stopped acting as they did in previous novels and the plot devices were so trite. I hailed this series as being for adults also with the writing and character development and I just so disappointed in this one. It just wasn't cohesive for me.