
In Sarah A. Parker's #1 bestselling "When the Moon Hatched," dragons and romance collide in a 736-page epic that became 2024's BookTok obsession. What ancient power awakens when a woman discovers her destiny is tied to mythical creatures?
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Imagine a world perfectly split between eternal day and perpetual night, divided by a massive crystalline wall that stretches impossibly high into the atmosphere. Here, when dragons die, their bodies undergo a mystical transformation-calcifying into crystalline forms that rise into the sky as moons. These dragon-moons hang in delicate balance until, occasionally, they fall back to earth in catastrophic collisions that reshape entire continents. This is the breathtaking universe of "When the Moon Hatched," where five Creator deities shaped reality with elemental forces, and three species of magnificent dragons-fierce Sabersythes, colorful Moltenmaws, and ethereal Moonplumes-rule the skies. What happens when a woman with no memory discovers she literally fell from the sky, hatching from a calcified dragon moon? What if her forgotten past holds the key to preventing the next devastating moonfall? This tale of identity, love, and cosmic balance unfolds across three kingdoms ruled by three royal brothers, each with radically different visions of governance. The world teeters on the edge of revolution as ancient prophecies collide with political ambitions, and a woman known only as an assassin must piece together who she truly is-before another moon begins its deadly descent.
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