Confronting the Dragon: Book Three in the Gameknight999 Series
FROM THE AUTHOR M any of you know the story about how I came to write these books If not look at the beginning of Invasion of the Overworld or Battle for the Nether I’ve been touched by all the thoughtful emails that have been sent to me through my website www markcheverton com Thank you to all of my readers for your encour agement I heard from your messages that griefing and cyber-bullying is something many of you have experienced and that makes me sad I hope my books help a little to deal with the bullying and the fear and anxiety that go along with it I’ve had my own challenges with bullying in my lifetime and will talk about that at the end of the book I hope Confronting the Dragon and my own mistakes can help those of you out there that are experiencing the same thing that I experienced as a kid Be strong and speak out Thank you to all the people that have emailed me I appreciate all the kind comments from both kids and parents I try to reply to every email I receive but apologize if I’ve missed anyone there have been a lot I’ll be adding more things to my website to let fans of the Gameknight999 series speak out share
xII MARK CHEVERTON your thoughts and share your screenshots from Minecraft I encourage all of you to build one of the scenes from one of the books and submit it to the website I’ll be posting those images for every one to see Look for us Gameknight999 and Monkey pants271 out there on the servers Keep reading be nice and watch out for creepers Mark Cheverton
CHAPTER 1 THE LAST BATTLE Gameknight999 floated through a silvery mist a feeling of dread pulsing through every nerve Something was about to happen something bad and somehow he knew that he could not avoid the deadly consequences of what was about to transpire Gradually the cloud started to clear and he found himself on a large plateau atop a huge mountain of bedrock As the silvery fog settled to the ground fig ures started to emerge from behind its misty veil NPCs all of them armored and carrying weapons they were the surviving defenders of Minecraft Sensing a presence next to him Gameknight turned and found Crafter and Mason standing next to him They talked quietly to each other their faces grim with determination They glanced out across the plateau to the vast plain that sat at the mountain’s base Something seemed to be moving through the shining fog that obscured the ground angry things hurtful things Does the mist mean this is a dream He thought That shiny fog seemed to be in all of the strange dreams I’ve been having lately
