DEVOURER'S ATTACK

With the rest of Dragon Force held captive, four young riders and their dragons must mount a rescue before the arrival of the Devourer, a destroyer of worlds from another galaxy, in this sequel to Infinity’s Secret (2025).

Distinctly gamelike in plot and language, this second series entry plunges riders and rides into a series of set piece challenges and quests—such as being swallowed by a giant shark-dragon. These challenges allow each of them to show off their “signature move” while learning to control their fears in order to fend off the Petrifiers, who wield terror as a weapon and have frozen some members of Dragon Force. Inspired by the celestial Starlight Dragon’s encouragement (“Do not fear your destiny. Embrace it”), 12-year-old Lance Lo and his 10-year-old sister, Zoe, who have a white British mother and a Chinese British father, lead the multinational human and dragon cast into a climactic confrontation that diverts the transgalactic gourmand…though only at the cost of a heartrending sacrifice. Typecast as the incidents and characters may be, they do represent appealing versions of their kind, and by way of development, the remaining humans do come away with cool new powers thanks to advanced, personalized super-suits.

Chock-full of awesome RPG-style action.