Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III, the quiet and thoughtful son of the Chief of the Hairy Hooligans, tries to pass the important initiation test of his Viking clan by catching and training a dragon. Can Hiccup do it without being torn limb from limb? The inspiration for the Oscar nominated film series, Cressida Cowell's 2010 comic romp for readers 9 to 12 follows Hiccup as he exhibits a different sort of heroism, and if he survives he might just change his fellow Vikings' minds about those pesky fire-breathing dragons.