The Humpherys Family

Here, There Be Dragons {#1}
Record Added: 3/20/2015
Author 
Series Chronicles of the Imaginarium #1
Setting England
Topic Fantasy
Publisher Simon and Schuster
ISBN 1416912274   Year 2006
Age 13-YA   Pages 336
Description Blue green printed dustjac
  
The unusual murder of an Oxford professor brings together three strangers in World War I London: John, a soldier and the professor's correspondence student; Jack, a young Oxford student; and Charles, an editor at the Oxford University Press. One rainy night they meet a curious man called Bert who tells them that they are the caretakers of the Imaginarium Geographica, an atlas of imaginary lands.

Forced to flee in Bert's ship, the group sails to the Archipelago of Dreams, where a battle over Arthur Pendragon's throne threatens to place the evil Winter King in charge. Owen brings together elements from well-known works of fantasy and legend: the lands and characters lean heavily toward Greek and Arthurian myth, while clues from the caretakers' works point to the legendary writers they will become.
Notes
The Chronicles of the Imaginarium Geographica Series:
  1. Here, There Be Dragons, September 2006
  2. The Search for the Red Dragon, January 2008
  3. The Indigo King, October 2008
  4. The Shadow Dragons, October 2009
  5. The Dragon's Apprentice, October 2010
  6. The Dragons of Winter, August 2012 
  7. The First Dragon, November 2013