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InthisthrillingfinalinstallmentofChrisd'Lacey'spopulartrilogy,DavidRainisfacedwithaperiloustask.ICEFIRE'sevilsibylGwilannaisback,thistimedeterminedtoresurrectthedragonGawainontheicecapoftheToothofRagnar.CanDavidandhisfriendsstopherbeforeit'stoolate?
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Best-sellingauthorChrisd'LaceywasborninMalta.Hehaspublishedtwenty-twobooks,includingninenovels.Hisbookshavebeenwidelytranslatedandhisfirstchildren'snovel,Fly,Cherokee,Fly,washighlycommendedfortheCarnegieMedal.OthertitlesincludeTheSaltPiratesofSkegness,ABreakintheChain,andFromEtoYou.Writingwasnotd'Lacey'sfirstcareerchoice."Ineverhadplanstobeawriter,"hesays."WhenIwasinmyteenageyearsmydreamwastobeafamoussongwriter.Itwasn'tuntilmyearlythirtiesthatItriedmyhandatanysortoffiction.Ikickedoffwithagentle'Christmassy'storythatgrew,alarmingly,intoa250,000wordadultsagaaboutpolarbears.IrealizedthenIhadthewritingbug."Afterhewrotehisfirststory,hewaitedsevenyearstowriteanother."Thenafriendtoldmeaboutacompetitiontowriteastoryforyoungchildren,"statesd'Lacey."Iwasn'tgoingtohaveagoatfirst-untilIfoundoutthefirstprizewas￡2000.SoIstartedscribbling,fast!"Thestory,entitledAHoleatthePole,didn'twintheaward,buthesentthestorytoapublisherandtheyacceptedit.TheFireWithinisthemagicalstoryaboutmysterioushand-craftedclaydragonsthathaveunusualpowers.d'Lacey'sinspirationwasacraftshopthatsoldclaydragons.Hefellinlovewiththedragons,buthedidn'thaveenoughmoneytobuyone,sotheownerpointedhimtoasectionofthestorereservedfordragonsthathavebeenchipped."Theywereabitcheaperthantheotherdragonsbutnolessbeautiful,"saysd'Lacey."AnditwastherethatIsawthemostappealingcreatureinthewholeshop.Hehadaslightchinkoutofonefootandhis'topknot'wasmissing(a'topknot'isonthetopofadragon'sheadandlooksabitlikeashark'sfin)butIboughthiminaninstant."d'Laceyfeltthatheneededamagicalname,sohecalledhimGadzooks.Chrisalternateswritingwithfull-timeemploymentatLeicesterUniversity.HelivesinLeicesterwithhiswife,Jay.
