The garden of the Wandering Dragon Café: Thirza in armour holding a small golden dragon, beside Simeon in a star-patterned cloak, outside an ivy-covered stone cottage. A bard plays a lute, a waiter carries pastries, and nine baby dragons in different colours play across the lawn and a tea table.

Welcome to the world of Animal Magica

Cozy fantasy novels, coloring books, and art by Tanya Hales

Gain magic by bonding with animal companions, and build a life around wonder, connection, healing, and adventure.

The Wandering Dragon Café in paperback, lying on a wooden table among floral china — a cup of tea, a teapot, macarons, cake with edible flowers and strawberries.

The book

Six months after becoming the hero of the Great Shade War, Thirza Von Baer is adrift, haunted by the loss of her beloved dragon companion, Volcarina, and struggling to find her place in a world no longer at war.

But when she inherits an enchanted, temperamental cottage from a mysterious wizard, she sees her chance to build something meaningful — a sanctuary for orphaned baby dragons and a cozy haven for those seeking comfort: a dragon café.

The cottage, however, has other ideas.

Read the first three chapters

Kickstarter

We funded — and there is still time

Thank you. The Wandering Dragon Café is officially happening. The campaign is open until 8 October, so there is still time to read through the editions and claim one.

Back it on Kickstarter

Editions, stretch goals and delivery details are all on the campaign page.

The companion quiz