When her island home is invaded by enemy soldiers, her family captured, and the town enslaved, Taylina must find a way to fight back and free her people. But their enemies have powerful warships, sorcerers, and dragons. Her simple people are no match. Her only hope is to venture onto the forbidden half of the island and seek the one individual powerful enough to battle their enemies, a dragon known for eating humans rather than helping them.

Find out what happens to Taylina and meet the dragon who thinks he's a god in Dragon Rider, a prequel to Lindsay's USA Today bestselling Dragon Blood series.

In addition to Dragon Rider, Beginnings features four previously published fantasy adventure novels, all with new introductions from the author: