City of the Beasts · Book 2
Kingdom of the Golden Dragon
- Published
- 1 January 2004
- Pages
- 337
- ISBN-13
- 9798217041237
- Type
- novel
About this book
Kingdom of the Golden Dragon followed in 2004, slightly longer at 337 pages, taking Alexander Cold and Nadia Santos to the Himalayas in search of a hidden kingdom -- the second of Isabel Allende's three expeditions testing the pair against greedy outsiders and ancient spiritual traditions.
Its place in City of the Beasts
Kingdom of the Golden Dragon is book 2 in the City of the Beasts series. It follows City of the Beasts. It is followed by Forest of the Pygmies. See the full City of the Beasts reading order.
When his mother is diagnosed with cancer, fifteen-year-old Alexander Cold is sent to spend the year with his eccentric, larger-than-life grandmother Kate, a magazine writer who promptly drags him along on an assignment deep into the Amazon in search of a legendary, possibly mythical beast. Alongside Nadia Santos, the daughter of their expedition guide, Alex is pulled into a world of indigenous mysticism, ecological threat, and genuine magic that his rational, science-minded upbringing never prepared him for. The…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9798217041237