Endless slander from his envious stepbrother Dorian turns Alistair's adoptive household into a daily nightmare of beatings and accusations. Desperate to escape their cruelty, the scapegoated foster son volunteers as the realm's annual tribute to the monstrous dragon peaks. Expecting the towering drakes to tear him apart, Alistair is stunned when the fearsome leviathans recognize his dormant ancestral aura and lower their heads in reverent submission.
Crowned as the true Dragon Sovereign, Alistair ascends to the volcanic heights to master primordial elemental flame beside the loyal commander Sule. When his adoptive kin face economic annihilation and crawl to his citadel begging for salvation, Alistair coldly turns his back on their tears, commanding his winged armada to defend only those worthy of his grace.
