Order the Dragons Out! Book

For purchases of the Finnish Dragons Out book, published on Dec 1, 2020, I would invite you to use my publisher Avain's webshop here. 

For purchases of the English Dragons Out book, published on July 30, 2021, I would invite you to use my publisher Austin Macauley's webshop here.

The free Creative Commons licensed Dragon Lesson in Software Testing presentation is available in a great number of languages here https://www.dragonsout.com/p/presentation-for-teachers.html

Once more I would like to extend my thanks to all those who preordered either my Finnish or English Dragons Out -book, making it possible for me to create the Dragons Out as the fantastic piece of art and knowledge that it is.

Later, this page will have links to the online stores of

  • the publishers of other translations of the Dragons Out book

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