Review: The Last Dragon on Mars by Scott Reintgen

The Last Dragon on Mars by Scott Reintgen
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

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Living on Mars had always been talked about, but this book people actually do live on Mars. And dragons exist. Each planet and moon have their own dragons and some dragons have a crew of humans who ride on their dragons and protect their space (whether it be the moon or the planet the drain is in charge of).

Mars' dragon, Ares was killed by it's 2 moon dragons. After Ares died, the planet of Mars started to die. No plants or food can grow. Wild animals hunt humans. Pretty much the planet and humanity are going extinct. 

Lunar was born on Mars and only knows this dying planet. He scraps for metal and any other sources that had been buried to receive money and food for the people who live with him. On one of his hunts, he stumbles and finds a bunker where a dragon is being kept secret. And then gets chosen by that dragon, named Dread, to be the leader of his crew, the dragoon. 

Each crew can have up to 15 members, and there are 20 members who have been trained for 5+ years to be chosen on this crew. Proctor was sure she was going to be the dragoon and now has to accept she will not be the leader. And now the actual leader has zero military experience, but has instinct and bravery that Dread wanted.

While still training, Lunar gets thrust into another war where other dragons are trying to kill him, his crew, and his dragon Dread. Now they have to find allies and save Mars while he is still learning his role as dragoon and while his dragon is still learning, since he was only hatched less than 20 years ago. 

This was an interesting story. It was hard at first to get a grasp of this world but eventually I got used to it and just enjoyed the adventure that Lunar was on with his new mission with Dread. I won't be continuing the series but I'm sure more adventures will come up after the ending of this book. 

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