The Falcon Rises — Michael C. Staudinger

Armed with a wizard's staff he cannot control and the language of poetry from a world he no longer calls his own, Professor Roy Arthre must fight the very power of darkness or see this alien world destroyed. With the beautiful rebel leader, Mithra Roshanna, and Moratha, the Lord of all Falcons, Roy works magic, science, and art together as he leads a ragtag army across a continent in hopes of defeating Mordeth, the Lord of Darkness, and his dragon ally. The Falcon Rises is the second book of the Keshian Chronicles.