Twelve-year-old Eon has been in training for years. His intensive study
of Dragon Magic, based on East Asian astrology, involves two kinds of
skills: sword-work and magical aptitude. He and his master hope that he
will be chosen as a Dragoneye - an apprentice to one of the twelve
energy dragons of good fortune. But Eon has a dangerous secret. He is
actually Eona, a sixteen-year-old girl who has been masquerading as a
boy for the chance to become a Dragoneye. Females are forbidden to use
Dragon Magic; if anyone discovers she has been hiding in plain sight,
her death is assured. When Eon's secret threatens to come to light, she
and her allies are plunged into grave danger and a deadly struggle for
the Imperial throne. Eon must find the strength and inner power to
battle those who want to take her magic...and her life.