Description: In 1645 Alexander Corvina learns the art of the sword in Japan, then travels to Tibet and persuades his father Lucien Arkanon to rejoin the world of men. They share adventure and danger on the road as they travel overland through the middle east and central Europe toward France, and become eyewitnesses to history along the way. Yet their adventures have only just begun as they encounter a new kind of adversary, one who wants to wipe out all their kind. The book includes a series of maps tracing our heroes' journey of 10,000 miles. Children of The Dragon book 8. - The Children of The Dragon vampire series is epic science fiction, myth and history, romance, tragedy and triumph; linked together by the theme of the vampire as hero.