This dragon, Kazimir, has more to him than meets the eye. Sarah can't help but be curious about him, an animal who supposedly doesn't have a soul but is seemingly intent on keeping her safe from the brutal attentions of Deputy Sheriff Emmett Kelby.
Kazimir knows something she doesn't. He has arrived at the farm because of a prophecy. A prophecy that involves a deadly assassin, a cult of dragon worshippers, two FBI agents - and somehow, Sarah Dewhurst herself.
From the bestselling author of the Chaos Walking trilogy comes a heart-stopping story of fanaticism, hope, bravery and impossible second chances, set in a world on the very brink of its own destruction.***
On a cold Sunday evening in early 1957 - the very day, in fact, that Dwight David Eisenhower took the oath of office for the second time as President of the United States of America - Sarah Dewhurst waited with her father in the parking lot of the Chevron gas station for the dragon he'd hired to help on the farm. 1
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(@WalkerBooksUK, 7 May 2020, 384 pages, ebook, borrowed from @GlasgowLib via @OverDriveLibs)
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Patrick Ness is one of my favourite writers and has been since I read his stunning book The Crane Wife years ago. So I had high hopes for Burn. I had a great time reading this. At times it felt like it was set much further back than 1957, almost like the book was set in ancient times thanks to the dragons which gave the book a medieval feeling. So much happens in a fairly short book; dragons, prophecy's come to life, dragons, undercover FBI agents, dragons, small town paranoia, and a somewhat creepy dragon-worshipping cult and did I mention the dragons? Oh and a quite insane and evil Sheriff. Burn was a pleasure to read from start to finish.
