The oldest secret in the history of D.E.M.ON. threatens exposure. Something is stalking their founder… or more accurately, her carefully concealed dragon egg. When the darn thing suddenly emits a piercing screech, Hazel Ductworthy is forced to face a past she’d rather forget. The problem with secrets, though, is they’re catching. HQ’s youngest agent in training never saw firsthand the destruction wrought over a century ago that originated in the time of knights and dragons. So, she’s developed a soft spot for the terrifying beasts of old and puts everything on the line—her job, trustworthiness, and maybe even her life.
Can the team save an ancient race from extinction or will policy and protocol bind their hands and their hearts?
Dive into the ninth installment of D.E.M.ON. Tales, where Men in Black meets Supernatural in a tongue-in-cheek blend of action and humour.
Nanci M. Pattenden is a genealogist and a fiction writer, with non-fiction articles in The Attic, Ancestors, and Site Lines. She is currently working on a collection of detective stories set in Victorian Toronto, as well as a novel based on an 1891 murder involving a young relative.
Nanci lives in Southern Ontario with her cat Snowball, and has completed the Creative Writing program at the University of Toronto as well as at the University of Calgary.