Ferno the Fire Dragon

Ferno the Fire Dragon, released in 2007, was the first entry in Series 1 of the Beast Quest series, as well as the first Beast Quest book in general. It was written by Stephen Cole, who worked with other ghostwriters under the collective pen name of 'Adam Blade' to produce Beast Quest (Ghostwriters are credited in the 'Special Thanks' page). This first entry introduces readers to main characters Tom, Elenna, Silver, Storm, King Hugo, Aduro and Malvel, as well as the first of Avantia's Good Beasts, Ferno.

Plot
The story begins with an Avantian knight, Caldor the Brave, and his young page Edward, as they search for a dragon. They reach a mountain and begin to climb, only for the mountain to begin moving, throwing Edward to the ground. Looking up, he sees that the mountain was, in fact, the dragon they were searching for, Caldor clinging onto the dragon's back as it took off into the sky. Caldor told Edward to go and warn King Hugo just moments before the dragon unleashed a stream of fire, killing him. His scorched gauntlet, a golden key in its grasp, fell to Edward's side.

We then cut to Tom, a young boy in the village of Erinnel, practicing swordplay with a stack of hay using a poker. He expresses his desire to become a swordsman just like his father, Taladon the Swift, and his desire to know the truth behind what happened to Taladon and why he was left in the care of his aunt and uncle. Tom's attention is then brought to a fire in the village which he goes to investigate.

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