Me deparei com o livro Dragon and Soldier , reserve dois em Série de Dragonback de Timothy Zahn . Isso me levou ao primeiro livro da série; Dragão e ladrão
Jack Morgan is a fourteen-year-old boy, raised by his adoptive uncle, Virgil Morgan, as a professional thief and confidence artist but presently interested in reform. Throughout the first book, he lives aboard the starship Essenay, protected by an artificial intelligence mimicking his uncle.
Virgil Morgan, the adoptive uncle of Jack, is a professional thief and confidence artist, notorious throughout the Orion Arm, and therefore sought as an ally by the story's antagonists; but has died before the events of the initial book, and is represented largely in Jack's memories. Because his death is kept secret by Jack, he is believed alive by supporting characters until the final book.
Na sinopse do terceiro livro (Dragon and Slave) , e o quarto livro (Dragon and Herdsman) , é mencionado que Jack perdeu seus pais quando ele tinha três anos. Seguir este link para a pré-visualização do Google Livros do livro final ( Dragon and Liberator ) tem uma gravação do tio Virgílio explicando que
Jack's parents were murdered and Uncle Virgil took Jack into his custody. Virgil told Jack his parents died in a mining accident. Virgil's explanation as to how he found the ship is omitted from the preview, but they were killed on the ship and Jack was left alive. Virgil says "A beautiful Judge-Paladin ship, loaded to the intakes with all the finest equipment money can buy" which leads me to believe the ship was attacked by pirates before Virgil came across the ship.
Jack Morgan is symbiotically linked with a dragon. Belonging to the warrior K’da species of dragons, this type of dragon can only survive six hours without a human host. Jack is chosen by Draycos 30s after he is the only survivor of three ships that have destroyed scouting for refugees, and they combine to make an instant team. Jack is a fourteen year old reformed con man, and now he has a partner in Draycos, who literally lives on his back. Draycos is sentient and two dimensional, while Jack certainly isn’t. Raised by his Uncle Virgil, Jack was taught to follow in his foot steps as a con man and a thief. Before his Uncle Virgil died, he loaded parts of his personality and thoughts into the computer of the ship, and is thus with Jack in some ways.