The Mage’s Dilemma continues the story of Chloe, a mage and head of the Pathfinder Academy, and Rya, a young carpenter’s apprentice with an empathic link to the natural world. Together they must find a way to stop a sentient volcano from burying the nation of Draconia beneath a sea of lava. Meanwhile, a group of treasure-seeking thugs puts the mission at risk while mining for rare and precious gems inside the unstable mountain. Can Chloe and Rya—along with their allies, including the famed Dragon Riders—stop the molten lava in time, or will greedy fortune hunters seal the fate of a nation? Readers of Anne McCaffrey will love the coming-of-age drama in this epic fantasy, the sixth book in a series about a magical world of dragons. Daphne Ashling Purpus lives on Vashon Island in the Pacific Northwest with three dogs and three cats. She volunteers for StudentLink, the local alternative high school, and makes handmade quilts she calls "portable hugs" for people in need. She's an avid reader of fantasy and mysteries. The Mage's Dilemma is her sixth novel and follows Dragon Rider ; The Egg That Wouldn't Hatch ; Dragon Magic ; The Dragon Who Chooses Twice ; and The Girl, the Gryphon, and the Dragon .