C. M. Barrett
Author of Fantasy, Literary Fiction,
And Self-Help Nonfiction


If you love cats and would love to have a dragon friend,
If you’d like to explore worlds where dragons, cats,
And some brave humans
Face both evil and their own darkest fears
And discover courage they never knew they possessed,
Welcome to


A Dragon’s Guide to Destiny

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In the meantime, I invite you to read my blog, in which I post occasional insights.

Summaries of the Books in the Series

The Dragon Who Didn’t Fly (formerly titled Big Dragons Don’t Cry): A cunning opportunist incites the people of Oasis to kill the local dragon so that he can convert Druid’s swamp into suburban housing. The would-be dragonslayer also plans to have the Guardian of Oasis assassinated and assume power. Unless the dragon joins a kitten with attitude and a human with suspicious psychic gifts, Oasis is finished. Read more here.

Dance with Clouds: For centuries, a priestess cult has ruled the land of Dolocairn. Now drug lords seek to take control. As part of their campaign to broaden their power, they use drugs that induce amnesia and death to attack the land of Oasis. Serazina, the Heroine of Oasis, must go to Dolocairn to stop them. Tara, a fearless kitten, and Druid, a melancholy dragon, accompany her. They may not get out alive. Read more here.

House of the Moon: In the deep desert of Etrenzia, a young scientist is kidnapped. Her sister, Serazina, Heroine of Oasis, braves giant snakes, sandstorms, and invisible enemies to try to rescue her. Phileas, Guardian of Oasis, who has fallen in love with her, shares her ordeals. Neither of them knows they are being lured to the desert for a purpose far more sinister than their worst fears. Read more here.

Book of Sorrows: The four stars of the series-a dragon, a cat, and two humans-go to the land of Tamaras to investigate a series of earthquakes. They travel through layers of mystery and deceit to an underground world, where a dragon queen appears to hold total power. Here they discover that invisible forces control the populations both above and belowground through a mysterious force called The Book of Sorrows. Read more about the book here.

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I write guides to Bach Flower Remedies and crystals. I have two published books that aren’t about dragons.