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Deserter
Fantasy
Deserter
Book 3 of the Wings of Fire: Winglets series
50 pages · First published 2016
Six-Claws has built his identity around loyalty and useful work in the SandWing kingdom. Saving young Blaze from a sandstorm shows his courage, but service to royalty does not guarantee safety or fair treatment. His past reveals the pressures that can make a loyal dragon rethink whom he is protecting. Choose this third Winglet for a brief backstory about duty, personal integrity, and the difference between serving a ruler and caring for a kingdom.
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Content notes
Sandstorm peril; royal cruelty and threats; violence and political conflict; difficult choices involving family and loyalty.
Alcohol-Free Pour
Goblin Market Cordial
A bright, refreshing sip suits sweeping adventure and high stakes.
What you'll need
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- Combine the noncarbonated ingredients in a glass or shaker and stir or shake until mixed. Pour over ice, top with any carbonated ingredient, and stir gently.
- Garnish: Use a matching citrus wheel, berry, or herb from the recipe when available.
- Glassware: Highball glass.
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Golden Pisco Sour
For adults of legal drinking age. Please drink responsibly.
For adult readers, golden citrus follows Six-Claws through the SandWing desert.
What you'll need
- 2 oz pisco
- 1 oz fresh lime juice ↗
- 3/4 oz simple syrup ↗
- 1/2 oz pasteurized egg white or aquafaba ↗
- 3 dashes aromatic bitters
- Ice
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How to mix it
- Dry-shake pisco, lime, syrup, and egg white. Add ice and shake again; strain into a coupe and dot bitters on the foam.
- Garnish: Aromatic bitters.
- Glassware: Coupe.
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