Ethan grows up beneath the shadow of treason after the royal court executes his celebrated dragon-rider father under false pretenses. Despised by aristocratic peers, he enrolls at Harbor Dragon Academy to uncover the classified circumstances surrounding his family's downfall. He soon discovers that the imperial monarchy conducts illicit genetic experiments on captive beasts to breach the perilous Northern Abyss.
Beneath the icy waters of Black Mirror Lake, Ethan awakens a resurrected dragon that once fought alongside his father. As tyrannical generals move to harness catastrophic dimensional powers for total control, Ethan must ignite an academy revolt, risking his life to defend mythical creatures and expose the rotten core of the kingdom.
