The Search for the Red Dragon — James A. Owen

"THE CRUSADE HAS BEGUN...."

JOHN, JACK, AND CHARLES HAVE BEEN REUNITED once again to solve a mystery: Someone is kidnapping the children of the Archipelago of Dreams. And their only clue is a mysterious message delivered by a strange girl with artificial wings. Worse, they discover that all of the legendary Dragonships have disappeared, save one.
The only chance they have to save the world from a centuries -- old plot is to seek out the last of the Dragonships -- the Red Dragon -- in a spectacular journey that takes them through an extraordinary landscape where history, myth, and fable blend together to tell the oldest story in the world. And along the way, they will learn that great deeds alone do not make heroes.