After months in a provisional prison for fighting for the imperial Kattakans, Janan ele Sephele is given parole to live with a distant member of his family. Yearning to build a life on his sister?s land with the dragons their people revere, the peace Janan seeks is threatened by a ruthless dragon baron who covets both Janan?s connection to the earth and the battle dragon to which he is covenanted.