A young apprentice to the religious cast finds himself taken against his will to the lair of a forbidden dragon. There he discovers secrets he could never have imagined possible. Does anyone in his home village know? Is it possible to escape his powerful captor? Would anyone back home accept him if he did? Does he even want to escape a place where the only work is play?Only one thing is certain, the dragon is nothing like anyone believes back in the villages. Whether or not the villages will ever learn the truth depends on whether the boy can return—from the other side of Black Rock.