My Pitch for Sisters, Salt, & Dragons

Hello! My name is Allora Dannon. I hold a MA in creative writing, have published short fiction in The Summerset Review, Pennsylvania English, and The Sonder Review, am a member of the Romance Writers of America, and was a finalist for the 2020 Launchpad Manuscript Competition. 

 

SISTERS, SALT, AND DRAGONS is a female The Goonies meets Jurassic Park contemporary fantasy adventure ... with dragons.

 

As far as Estel Campbell’s concerned, the only good dragons are super dead ones, and Estel was good as hell at hunting dragons until, 13 years ago, she failed to stop the one that killed her brother. Now 30, retired, and disgraced, all Estel wants are small things: a chance at love, a non-lethal 9-5, and a quiet life for her family and—most especially—for her youngest sister, Hope. But, sequestered away on their family’s farm in a modern-day, salt mining town in Upstate New York, Hope was born into peace never knowing there was a war, or dragons, to begin with. So when Hope discovers a dragon egg, of all unforgiveable things, she doesn’t kill it—she secretly keeps it.  

 

Everything changes when their grandfather (leader of the dragon hunters) dies, their parents go missing, and Hope’s egg hatches. Hope accidentally forms an unbreakable bond with the hatchling who manifests unusual abilities—abilities, they quickly discover, dragons and hunters alike will kill for. While Estel struggles to keep her family safe, she begins to unearth clues from her dead brother warning of catastrophe brewing amongst dragonkind and of something buried deep in the salt mines. But as the dragon hunters descend on their town for an ominous memorial gala, Estel and Hope will need to find a path to peace together … or else watch as everything they love burns.

 

SISTERS, SALT, AND DRAGONS is the first installment in a planned duology exploring the intricacies of sibling relationships, female friendships, late bloomer romance, and coming-of-age struggles for both teens and adults.