Separated from her dragon and stranded in enemy territory, Zara Kenrook has been branded as a traitor and a deserter by her own people. In order to survive, she temporarily teams up with Salcombe, posing as his high society wife and pretending to help him while desperately searching for a way to foil the impending war and reunite with Lessie.
With no allies to aid her, and danger lurking around every corner, Zara's chances of success grow slimmer by the day. But insurmountable odds have never stopped Zara before, and she's not about to give in. Not when the price of failure is not just the fall of Elantia, but of dragonkind itself...