The Stronghold

Tif, Tren and Prand have finally made it to safety ‎in the dragonfighter stronghold, but for Tif and Tren, ‎it’s not quite what they expected. ‎
On the journey there, the little family had worked ‎as a team as they fought for survival against the ‎Kaldish who were determined to stop them. ‎
Now, Prand is busy with his duties as a lord in the ‎High Command, while Tif and Tren are beginning ‎their formal training. ‎
From fighting alongside their father as equals to ‎mere apprentices, the lowest of the low, is something ‎of a comedown and they have to adapt and do it ‎quickly because they’re already behind the rest of the ‎class. ‎
It’s not all plain sailing, either. Tren finds herself ‎placed in the same dormitory cubicle as the local ‎queen bee and her gang of bullies, who take an instant ‎dislike to the interloper. ‎
She also finds herself on the wrong side of ‎stronghold politics thanks to the Kaldish knife that ‎she acquired on the way there. Life in the stronghold ‎is not starting out well.‎
Tif has his own struggles. He is still recovering ‎from the wound that almost killed him on the way ‎there, and he becomes the target of some unwanted ‎female attention, but his main problem is himself. ‎
He knows that how well he does in basic training ‎will affect the rest of his career in the dragonfighter ‎military, but he’s a person who won’t knuckle down ‎unless he has a definite goal in mind. ‎
He has no idea what he wants to do. Unless he ‎can resolve this dilemma, he may well find himself ‎without sufficient marks to allow him to follow his ‎chosen path when he does decide. He urgently needs ‎to either overcome his weakness or find a goal.‎
As the twins battle to find their place in this new ‎world, they also find out some startling things about ‎their father that they’d never known.‎
Meanwhile, out in the world beyond the ‎stronghold, war draws ever closer. When an army ‎appears right outside the stronghold, both Tif and ‎Tren find themselves on the front line, fighting to ‎protect their new home and the surrounding area.‎
At the same time, Prand is away on a mission to ‎find out more about the cryptic comments a Kaldish ‎made to Tren. What he finds may well uproot them ‎again just when they’re beginning to feel settled.‎