The LANGUAGE of SPELLS Garret Weya illustrated by Katie Harnell chronicle books San francisco
For Tom Weyr who introduced me to dragons
PROLOGUE The Famous and the Ordinary Sometimes even today magic still happens Sadly it no longer comes from cauldrons or fairy godmothers godmothers with wands Or even no matter what you’ve read elsewhere from wizards Instead it is tucked into shadows shadows and corners visible only if you look But you might have found it some years ago on a cold rainy night at a famous hotel bar in the center of an old city in Europe Anyone who cared to pay attention that night would have seen magic coming out of its deep slumber at the exact moment when an old dragon and a young girl met for the first time The dragon was no ordinary dragon although Vienna the old city with the famous hotel bar was full of dragons all claiming to be famous and special The dragon in question question made no such claims Indeed he thought of himself
