Hatched: Dragon Defender: Hatched Series, Book 2

by Caren Hahn, Emma Faye (Narrator), Patrick Mealey (Narrator)

"Don't trust anyone."

Prax's warning to Charl when she leaves for Sorcester sticks in her mind like a flock of sugar sprites swarming a beehive.

Soon she finds herself in the glittering world of the noble elite, where vanity enchantments and grandeur spells threaten to untether her from the simple life she's always known. Here, her family legacy means nothing. Instead, mustering support to fight the criminal charges against her gets her labeled as a radical.

Even her companions can't be counted on as mounting tension between Slip and Captain Wynne threatens to fracture their partnership, leaving Charl caught in the middle. Unsure who to trust, Charl begins to suspect that something more sinister is at work in the city. When a hired assassin breaks into her room, it's clear that the impending trial date isn't her biggest threat.

Someone doesn't want her to live long enough to see it.

Audible Audio

Published February 17, 2026

About the author

CAREN HAHN is an award-winning fantasy and suspense author best known for the Owl Creek, small town suspense series, and Hatched, a dragon adventure series. She discovered at a young age that the only thing more thrilling than reading fictional adventures was writing them herself, though it took the disruption from a global pandemic before she was driven to share her stories with the world.

Caren has a passion for writing intense stories without explicit content so they can be enjoyed by a wide audience. She lives with her family in the Pacific Northwest.