We Are Dragon

By Author / Illustrator

Alastair Chisholm

Genre

Science Fiction

Age range(s)

Publisher

Nosy Crow

ISBN

9781805131274

Format

Paperback / softback

Published

09-04-2026

Synopsis

An outstanding, highly original and unputdownable read. Following on from I AM WOLF and I AM RAVEN, this is a bold, thought-provoking adventure perfect for fans of MORTAL ENGINES and THE LAST WILD.

Rieka's world is on fire. She's lived her whole life aboard Constructs, giant mechanical creatures that battle each other for territory. Now a new enemy has swept across the land - DRAGON. And even with all the survivors united against it, Dragon is winning.

Technically brilliant, Rieka believes that she alone can turn the war. But the path she sets out on is dangerous, both for her and her friends. And all the while, there is a truth about herself she must face. If she doesn't, she could destroy everything she's trying to save.

Find out more in ReadingZone's special Q&A with author Alastair Chisholm!

Also by Alastair Chisholm: I Am Wolf (book 1); I Am Raven (book 2); Orion Lost; The Consequence Girl.

Praise for I Am Wolf: "Jam-packed with action and suspense, and wildly inventive." - The Times; "I loved every page of this gripping, dystopian thriller. Wonderful characters, thrilling action and a unique new world. Now I wish I had my own animal construct!" - Kieran Larwood, author of Podkin One Ear; "I wolfed this down... Great MG sci-fi." - Darren Simpson, author of Scavengers. "I absolutely loved I Am Wolf and was immediately drawn in to Coll's dystopian world." - ReadingZone.

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Reviews

Jacqueline

Dragon is taking over the world, run by the AI 'Queenie' who thinks she is saving everyone, when in fact she is enslaving them. Rieka, now part of the Cub construct, thinks she knows how to deal with Queenie and Dragon. Rieka knows she is clever enough and can use technology to destroy Dragon and free the other constructs. But Rieka is not necessarily seeing the world clearly and her decisions could undo everything she is trying to change.

We Are Dragon is the third and final part of the trilogy which started with I Am Wolf. The setting, with its animal constructs and technology, is so cleverly created I was able to pick up from the last book really swiftly. In fact I read this book in one sitting, the very definition of un-put-downable!

Rieka is an interesting character because she is flawed and does not realise that herself. She is impatient and thinks herself superior to anyone else, without recognising the good qualities of her friends. In fact, she is more like Queenie than she would care to admit. The battle scenes are vivid and yet not too graphic and the different constructs wonderfully imagined. The cover by Karitas Gunnarsdottir is marvellous (I am a dragon fan anyway, even when, like here they are the villain) and the bright green with the dragon superimposed is so striking.

I have only quite recently found Alastair Chisholm books but I love science fiction and have really enjoyed his writing. I must now try and get some others out from the library.

240 pages / Reviewed by Jacqueline Harris, teacher