<p>''The Arrival of the Drakons'' has an irresistibly powerful premise - a teenager has a choice to make. Save his mother, or the universe.</p><p><br>It''s a dilemma that will capture the hearts and minds of readers young and old, as they grapple with what they would do in such an impossible situation.</p><p>Drakons offers readers a glimpse into an extraordinary human future, although one where the past is not quite the same as history books would have it.</p><p>Marvelously detailed and vividly imagined, the book tells the story of Zade McDonald a San bushman teenager living in the wilds of Botswana''s Okavango swamps. He''s a shaman who can speak to animals, read minds, and connect with forces greater than himself. His powers are both a gift and a curse; and they haven''t gone unnoticed.</p><p> </p><p>Someone has been watching him.</p><p> </p><p>Someone who''s been studying humankind for millennia, just waiting for a person as incredible as Zade to come along.</p><p> </