Having paid the price of hatred, love, and freedom, will they be ready to pay the price of hope for themselves and the people of the Med-Rys Kingdom?

“I will give you five percent of the books I took from your jideker for each hostage you give me: Zheann, Eunaela, Kathoa, Esherick, Garesherick, and Rujerit. In addition, I will return one hundred more books each year you serve me. Inform Esinin of your decision. Venkis.” A ransom note leads Zheann to the north coast of the Med-Rys Kingdom to confront the black dragon, Venkis. To reach him, other old and new enemies must be faced. But reaching him is just the start of the challenges Zheann and her friends face because, as Zheann explains, “If people think you’ve solved one problem, they rush over with two more.” What do you do when you can no longer tell who your friend is, and who your enemy?

After getting a degree in English, Allyn Ransom worked as a library clerk, an administrative assistant, a teacher, a glorified stock clerk, a fine jewelry salesclerk, a private caregiver and a cashier. She’s also been a genealogist, a photographer, a public speaker, a food pantry volunteer, a crafter, a poet, and a gardener. After years of being dutiful, she’s turned her attention once again to her love of stories, and lives a quietly rebellious life with her Shiba Inu, “Oh My Goodness Gracious!” After spending nine years dividing her time between Erie, Pennsylvania and Zephyrhills, Florida, she decided that she preferred a whole life to two half-lives, and returned to Erie to stay. Flicker of Hope is the fourth and last of The Legacies of the Dragon books, after Earth Fire, Soul Fire, and Word Fire.