** spoiler alert ** *The book is set years before the other books from the series. The main charter is Rose and her sister Briar. they are sent to the "Old man's cave" to do their "final tests". Later Rose has a dream where she finds a small dragon and he's stuck in a river because his tail was stuck under a rock and she helps him out soon after the little dragon tells Rose to follow him and takes her to a cave and she finds her mother, father, and sister. But they are covered in locusts the she is woke up by her dogs, Cleo and Euclid.
She later finds the dragon, but this time the dragon is giant and attacks Rose and her dogs. She chops off the dragons hand and then the dragon grows it back on and escapes.
She later finds the dragon, but this time the dragon is giant and attacks Rose and her dogs. She chops off the dragons hand and then the dragon grows it back on and escapes.