If you're going to chase an army, you'd better bring a few friends—and some dragons.

William Whitehall is in trouble. His barony is failing, his income has dried up, and he's been saddled with the care of the dragon queen's sickly offspring. At only twenty-one, he has already gone from hero to zero.

After a gang of renegade soldiers robs a local nobleman, William jumps at the chance to exact justice and earn a reward.

Borne on the wings of their dragon allies, he and his friends chase their elusive foe across land and sea, following a wake of escalating crimes, until it becomes clear that what he thought was a simple theft is actually something far more sinister. Now William must decide what's more important: protecting his friends from danger, or preventing the fall of the kingdom.