TY - BOOK AU - Perplies, Bernd, AU - Cleef, Lucy Van, TI - Black Leviathan: the first journey into the Cloudmere SN - 9780765398307 AV - PT2716.E4726 D7313 2020 U1 - 833/.92 23 PY - 2020/// PB - St Martin's Press, KW - Dragons KW - Fiction KW - Crystals KW - Flying-machines KW - Fantasy fiction KW - fast N1 - Originally published as Der Drachenjäger: Die erste Reise ins Wolkenmeer by Fischer Tor Verlag in Frankfurt, Germany, 2017 N2 - "Beware! A shadow will cover you, larger than that cast by any other dragon of this world. Black as the lightless chasm from whence it was born at the beginning of time. In the coastal city Skargakar, residents make a living from hunting dragons and use them for everything from clothing to food, while airborne ships hunt them in the white expanse of the Cloudmere. Lian does his part carving the kyrillian crystals that power the ships through the cloud sea, but when he makes an enemy of a dangerous man, Lian ships out on the next vessel available as a drachenjager, or dragon hunter. He chooses the wrong ship. A fanatic captain, hunts more than just any dragon. His goal is the Firstborn Gargantuan-and Adaron is prepared to sacrifice everything for revenge"--Provided by publisher ER -