Jake lives at the Makepeace Institute of Integrated Dragon Studies in
Smokehill National Park. There are five million acres of the Smokehill
wilderness, and the endangered dragons rarely show themselves. Jake's
never seen one except at a distance. But then, on his first overnight
solo in the park, he meets a dragon - and she is dying. More than that,
she has just given birth, and one of the babies is still alive. . . .