But a day after the conclusion of SCALDING TUNDRA, Drake returns from his mental confrontation with a fractured memory and a garnered despise from one of the strongest and most cunning dragons to have ever lived—Draco the Black.Now ensnared in a game of hunt or be hunted, Drake and his teammates James, Joseph, Edwin, Nee, and Woodson, with Glenn, Khristya, and Timbre, must confront Draco before the dragon fulfills his promise to destroy them and anyone else who might be nearby. Yet, as they charge headlong into battle, they too are hunted by ARK, worried of their destructive potential; by the Pilgrimage, armed, by Former-Colonel Henry, with groundbreaking weapons; and by darker and older forces.Can they succeed against an opponent several times smarter, stronger, and older than them, and at what cost?