Jonathan, Dragon Master: The Tales of Trymyll, Book Two

by Joseph R. Mason

The second edition has been significantly revised and reformatted with shorter chapters. Following on from book one, Thomas, Wizard's Son, book two follows the continued adventures of the two teenage wizards. Jonathan is now an accomplished wizard in his own right and also a Dragonmaster. He has his own adventures where he experiences all the angst and rebellion of a teenager. In this book, they are joined by Glynda, an orphaned girl from a powerful wizarding family and her protector, Samuel, a tough fighting dwarf. Glynda becomes the keeper of a magic sword that can slice through anything, armour, swords, and rock, even a dragon's scales. They join together to fight against the Master, a perfidious and misanthropic wizard who threatens to lay waste the land of Trymyll.

Kindle Edition

Published April 30, 2021

About the author

I was born Joseph R. Mason on a cold February day sometime in the 1950s in East Dereham, Norfolk, England, and have a birth certificate to prove it. My birth mother died when I was four days old. I was taken in, (kidnapped), by an aunt, relocated to London, and subsequently adopted without my birth father’s knowledge or consent. At my adoption, I was renamed, Richard J. Kirk. I somehow have another birth certificate to prove that. I am sure that having two birth certificates is not strictly legal but I don’t think the authorities were so fussy in the old days, and the adoption department at Wandsworth Council obviously didn’t ask the right questions. I write using my birth name to honour my birth parents and siblings.

I am a retired engineer, an evangelical Christian and a member of the leadership team at a large Baptist Church in Eastbourne, East Sussex where I have been a member for over 40 years. I look after membership and oversee our GDPR policies and implementation.

I am married (since 1977) have three grown-up children and five grandchildren.

I write mainly for my own amusement but always in the hope it might also bring pleasure to others.

The current range of books is aimed at children and adults of age 7 to 77½ believing that there is always a gap for fast-paced and humorous literature for this age group. The chapters are short, to fit in with bedtime reading and my attention span!

My poetry can be more raw, edgy and often exposing. So is aimed at a more adult audience.