This time our young warrior's fate is more uncertain ever. Mortally – it seems – wounded in an epic dreamon battle, Jeff floats in nothingness. Will he be able to return to life, and to avenge the death-by-torture of his warrior friend Madgwick?

If he can pass through the magical portal out of this strange land, then his chances look good. However, the only one who knows how to use the portal is the oddball soothsayer Soop. Mysterious Soop, whose teeth glow in the dark. Is he to be trusted? Will he help Jeff, or is he simply after the boy's dragon-infused blood? For it is essence of dragon's blood that holds the key to not only Jeff's passage through the portal, but also Soop's ...

On the other end of the portal, in the land of Bylleraz, Phoebe, Watroc the dragon and three warriors are hard at work trying to save the villagers from the clutches of the dreamons. Now, the evil creatures are after the cryptex that reveals the secret location where Sandustian magic dust is made.

Time is running out for Jeff, whose passage through the portal would reunite powerful warriors – perhaps, even, saving one or two more.