Grieving Mark Adams is drawn into one last ditch effort to stop the Dragon and Human Worlds from colliding ... but forces are at work that want nothing less than war. New revelations, and the discoveries of Alfred Cunningham and Mercy de la Chatelaine, put the Dragon World further on edge, and as Lore loosens it grip on the Dragons, betrayals, conspiracies, and internal conflicts threaten to derail the only hope of avoiding war. All the while, behind the chaos, ancient grievances are surfacing that threaten to boil into a conflict that could decimate humankind. For Mark Adams it is hell: he may have to sacrifice the son of the woman he still loves if they are to stop the final conflagration. For Rider Stern and Dragon Algernon, they might have to start a war to stop the Dragon World from falling apart.