I'm looking for a short story that appeared in an anthology book of either fantasy or science fiction stories.

• I believe the story is called "The Day is Saved"
• Personal Honor was an important aspect of the story
• There was a rivalry between the dragon riders and the army (navy?)
• The army/navy was equipped with cannon-firing airships
• I believe the dragons were more of a royal-guard/jedi type then a standing military unit
• I recall some monarch type elements that kept the dragons in play even over the airships 'superior military advantage'
• The battle was fought more then once (perhaps more then twice) with the military losing the first time
• They were besieging some sort of castle-like fortified structure
• I believe they were fighting in the mountains
• The airships were a relatively new invention in the story
• I think the airships were held aloft by magic
• The castle was also held together by magic, it was being actively 'repaired' by wizards renewing the magic
• Magic is spelled unusually with both a C and a K (magicks) in this story.
• Crafters are used to create and reverse engineer magic
• Air ships are lost if they travel to far down to the "Bottom" (capitalization from the story)
• The initial battle, led by the military, was lost due to an ambush
• Only the attacking faction (which had the Dragons) had airships, the other side did not.

Handful of Character Names: Jeantrou, Hastind, General Dennis

Unfortunately I read the story in a used book store, so the book is also likely to be on the older side.

I'm looking for a short story that appeared in an anthology of either fantasy or science fiction stories.

• I believe the story is called "The Day is Saved"
• Personal Honor was an important aspect of the story
• There was a rivalry between the dragon riders and the army (navy?)
• The army/navy was equipped with cannon-firing airships
• I believe the dragons were more of a royal-guard/jedi type then a standing military unit
• I recall some monarch-type elements that kept the dragons in play even over the airships 'superior military advantage'
• The battle was fought more than once (perhaps more than twice) with the military losing the first time
• They were besieging some sort of castle-like fortified structure
• I believe they were fighting in the mountains
• The airships were a relatively new invention in the story
• I think the airships were held aloft by magic
• The castle was also held together by magic, it was being actively 'repaired' by wizards renewing the magic
• Magic is spelled unusually with both a C and a K (magicks) in this story.
• Crafters are used to create and reverse-engineer magic
• Airships are lost if they travel to far down to the "Bottom" (capitalization from the story)
• The initial battle, led by the military, was lost due to an ambush
• Only the attacking faction (which had the dragons) had airships, the other side did not.

Handful of Character Names: Jeantrou, Hastind, General Dennis

Unfortunately I read the story in a used book store, so the book is also likely to be on the older side.

I'm looking for a short story that appeared in an anthology book of either fantasy or science fiction stories.

• I believe the story is called "The Day is Saved"
• Personal Honor was an important aspect of the story
• There was a rivalry between the dragon riders and the army (navy?)
• The army/navy was equipped with cannon-firing airships
• I believe the dragons were more of a royal-guard/jedi type then a standing military unit
• I recall some monarch type elements that kept the dragons in play even over the airships 'superior military advantage'
• The battle was fought more then once (perhaps more then twice) with the military losing the first time
• They were besieging some sort of castle-like fortified structure
• I believe they were fighting in the mountains
• The airships were a relatively new invention in the series
• I think the airships were held aloft by magic
• The castle was also held together by magic, it was being actively 'repaired' by wizards renewing the magic

Unfortunately I read the story in a used book store, so the book is also likely to be on the older side.

I'm looking for a short story that appeared in an anthology book of either fantasy or science fiction stories.

• I believe the story is called "The Day is Saved"
• Personal Honor was an important aspect of the story
• There was a rivalry between the dragon riders and the army (navy?)
• The army/navy was equipped with cannon-firing airships
• I believe the dragons were more of a royal-guard/jedi type then a standing military unit
• I recall some monarch type elements that kept the dragons in play even over the airships 'superior military advantage'
• The battle was fought more then once (perhaps more then twice) with the military losing the first time
• They were besieging some sort of castle-like fortified structure
• I believe they were fighting in the mountains
• The airships were a relatively new invention in the story
• I think the airships were held aloft by magic
• The castle was also held together by magic, it was being actively 'repaired' by wizards renewing the magic
• Magic is spelled unusually with both a C and a K (magicks) in this story.
• Crafters are used to create and reverse engineer magic
• Air ships are lost if they travel to far down to the "Bottom" (capitalization from the story)
• The initial battle, led by the military, was lost due to an ambush
• Only the attacking faction (which had the Dragons) had airships, the other side did not.

Handful of Character Names: Jeantrou, Hastind, General Dennis

Unfortunately I read the story in a used book store, so the book is also likely to be on the older side.

I'm looking for a short story that appeared in an anthology book of either fantasy or science fiction stories.

• I believe the story is called "The Day is Saved"
• Personal Honor was an important aspect of the story
• There was a rivalry between the dragon riders and the army (navy?)
• The army was equipped with cannon-firing airships
• I believe the dragons were more of a royal-guard/jedi type then a standing military unit
• I recall some monarch type elements that kept the dragons in play even over the airships
• The battle was fought more then once (perhaps more then twice)
• They were besieging some sort of castle-like fortified structure

Unfortunately I read the story in a used book store, so the book is also likely to be on the older side.

I'm looking for a short story that appeared in an anthology book of either fantasy or science fiction stories.

• I believe the story is called "The Day is Saved"
• Personal Honor was an important aspect of the story
• There was a rivalry between the dragon riders and the army (navy?)
• The army/navy was equipped with cannon-firing airships
• I believe the dragons were more of a royal-guard/jedi type then a standing military unit
• I recall some monarch type elements that kept the dragons in play even over the airships 'superior military advantage'
• The battle was fought more then once (perhaps more then twice) with the military losing the first time
• They were besieging some sort of castle-like fortified structure
• I believe they were fighting in the mountains
• The airships were a relatively new invention in the series
• I think the airships were held aloft by magic
• The castle was also held together by magic, it was being actively 'repaired' by wizards renewing the magic

Unfortunately I read the story in a used book store, so the book is also likely to be on the older side.