A dead dragon is placed at Abzu Joseph of Tredin's claws, a test to prove his alliance with his new race, dragons. The elixir he used to heal his human king had been used to revive those dragons which sought along the border to taste the forbidden-human flesh-and failed. Once tasting the forbidden, a dragon must eat more or go mad. Abzu Draco for centuries tried to heal the curse, so Joseph is left with a quandary perpetuate the evil or stop it and risk another dragon war. Further, Joseph discovers that despite warnings given him about meddling in human affairs was the very thing that had been going on for centuries. But, as he learns the deep secrets of dragon and human histories, who really has been meddling and for what purpose? If that wasn't enough, Ablehnen the Black, his step dragon brother, has taken their feud to new, more dangerous levels.