Kaerisk has long dreamed of becoming the next Sanrex, the great dragon hero that shackled the bipeds to the Deep. Sheltered in his father's lair with his sister, Zala, Kaerisk is confident of his superiority to the dirty dakael of the Deep and of the pride of the dragons. But when he receives a dakael as a pet and his tiny world crumbles, he will make a fateful choice – one that will propel him and his sister in a journey around the world, uncovering forgotten history and an ancient enemy that threatens to destroy everything he knows…