Blazewrath Games

Description

Lana Torres has always preferred dragons to people. In a few weeks, sixteen countries will compete in the Blazewrath World Cup, a tournament where dragons and their riders fight for glory in a dangerous relay. Lana longs to represent her native Puerto Rico in their first ever World Cup appearance, and when Puerto Ricos Runnerthe only player without a dragon steedis kicked off the team, shes given the chance.

But when she discovers that a former Blazewrath superstar has teamed up with the Sirea legendary dragon whos cursed into human formthe safety of the Cup is jeopardized. The pair are burning down dragon sanctuaries around the world and refuse to stop unless the Cup gets cancelled. All Lana wanted was to represent her country. Now, to do that, shell have to navigate an international conspiracy thats deadlier than her beloved sport.

Author Information

Amparo Ortiz was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, but she currently lives on the countrys northeastern coast. Her short-story comic, What Remains in the Dark, appears in the Eisner Awardwinning anthology Puerto Rico Strong (Lion Forge, 2018) and SAVING CHUPIE, her middle grade graphic novel, is forthcoming from HarperCollins. When shes not teaching ESL to her college students, shes teaching herself Korean, devouring as much pizza and as many Twizzlers as she can, and writing about Latinx characters in worlds both contemporary and fantastical.