The Boy Beneath the Dragon Moon

Sixteen-year-old Noah Cross has never expected more from life than survival. Orphaned and forgotten on the frozen frontier, he lives in a crumbling shack at the edge of the Cragwood, scavenging roots and wild herbs while the soldiers of Lord Regent Ashford hunt peasants for forced labor. With winter closing in and his food nearly gone, Noah knows that one more failed harvest could mean death.Then, beneath the petrified roots of an ancient silver birch, his trowel strikes something impossible: a pearlescent stone glowing with violet and silver light. Inside is a living creature-a newborn dragon unlike anything the kingdom has ever known.The hatchling is small, fragile, and dying. It will not eat meat or drink ordinary milk. Noah soon discovers that the creature survives on celestial dew gathered beneath the moon, forcing him into the frozen wilderness night after night to find the mysterious moisture that can keep it alive. What begins as an act of desperation becomes a bond neither boy nor dragon can explain. The creature answers to the name Lumin, and its presence awakens something buried deep within Noah: a connection to an ancient power that predates the kingdom itself.But Lumin is not merely a rare dragon. He is part of a forgotten celestial legacy, one the rulers of the realm have spent generations trying to destroy. The kingdom’s war-drakes are bred through fire, chains, and brutality, while Lumin belongs to an entirely different power-one of moonlight, pure water, and living magic. As Noah learns more about the creature, he realizes that protecting Lumin means challenging the very system that has controlled his people through fear.Their secret cannot remain hidden forever. Royal forces begin closing in, while ancient magic stirs beneath the mountains. Noah discovers that his own bloodline is connected to an old soul-seal and that only he may be capable of breaking the enchantment imprisoning the kingdom’s greatest dragon. To save Lumin and restore the natural balance of the realm, Noah must eventually face the High Citadel, its soldiers, its ancient archives, and the terrifying power of King Valerian.As the sky darkens beneath volcanic ash and Lumin’s life begins to fade without clean celestial dew, Noah faces an impossible choice: hide and watch the creature he loves die, or step into the heart of the kingdom that has hunted people like him for generations.With courage born from compassion rather than power, a boy who once believed himself insignificant becomes the keeper of a forgotten dragon and the key to an ancient freedom. **The Boy Beneath the Dragon Moon** is a sweeping fantasy of survival, friendship, found family, ancient magic, and the extraordinary bond between a lonely boy and a dragon born beneath the moon.