The Broken Tongue: 2

The Broken Tongue - Book 2 of The Dragonbound Chronicles Cael Arden discovered that dragons never disappeared. Now he's about to learn why someone wanted the world to forget them. After awakening the ancient power of First Speech, Cael can hear what others cannot-the voices hidden beneath magic itself. But his connection to the dragons is growing stronger, and so are the strange changes within him. Then Cael discovers something far more dangerous than silence. The Broken Tongue. A corrupted form of the ancient language has been turned into a weapon-one capable of controlling dragons, severing magical bonds, and twisting the very power Cael is only beginning to understand. Following clues beyond the White Teeth, Cael and his friends enter forgotten lands filled with ruined strongholds, buried histories, dangerous alliances, and enemies who know far more about Cael's family than they should. And somewhere ahead is the person Cael has spent years believing he lost: His father. But finding Bram Arden may answer questions Cael isn't ready to ask. Why was the Sundering really created? Why was humanity separated from the dragons? What happened to the people who could become something between human and dragon? And why is Cael beginning to resemble them? As ancient secrets surface and the Broken Tongue threatens everything he has learned to trust, Cael must decide what kind of power he is willing to wield-and whether becoming stronger is worth the risk of becoming something else entirely. Because some magic speaks. Some magic listens. And some magic was created to make everything obey. The Broken Tongue is the second book in The Dragonbound Chronicles, an epic young-adult fantasy adventure about dragons, ancient magic, friendship, hidden history, identity, and a boy discovering that the difference between a monster and a hero may come down to one choice: What you do with the power to control another.