Fiction: The Scarlet Tortoise Expedition

book cover image for the scarlet tortoise expedition volume one tracking a dream by jane gibson showing a sailing ship in sunset light

Would you give first aid to a wounded dragon?

Or would you run for your life?

Captain Hunt thinks they should run. He brought the expedition to this remote, mysterious island to find and save a highly endangered giant tortoise, not to get everybody killed!

But the others disagree. The dragon may look big and bad and dangerous, but it’s the most amazing animal they’ve ever seen. And they can’t bear to just stand by and watch it die. Even Terry, the expedition’s artist and youngest member, finds his fascination overcoming his fear.

One way or another, they’re going closer. Even if the species they end up needing to save turns out to be their own!

“The literary equivalent of dark chocolate…I didn’t want it to end.”

Read the first prologue

book cover image for the scarlet tortoise expedition volume two beneath strange wings by jane gibson showing an oil painting of a path beside a stream in the woods

What if a dragon decided to just take charge?

The dragon is out cold. So the expedition members do their best to save it. Even Captain Hunt finds himself lending a hand. But nothing happens…

…until Terry accidentally wakes it up—and has to suddenly figure out how to deal with a highly curious, extremely large, and potentially deadly wild animal that now thinks they’re all its children!

Meanwhile, Captain Hunt’s crew has mutinied and taken the ship. Suddenly he and the expedition members are stuck on this island at the mercy of both mutineers—and pirates! But how can he rescue anyone if the dragon won’t let them go?

book cover image for the scarlet tortoise expedition volume three what the flower said by jane gibson showing an oil painting of a path climbing a grassy hill

What if the dragon you thought was your friend suddenly turned on you?

Would you trust it against all oddsor would you kill it?


Suddenly, all the various dangers that Captain Hunt has tried to prepare his expedition members for—even when they refuse to take him seriously—are all happening at once. Now each one of them is facing a different choice that only they can make—and that may determine whether they—and their companions—will survive.



Note: This three-volume novel references kidnapping, abuse, violence, injury and death.


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