When Judicator Gwendolyn “the celibate” is kidnapped to join an “Army of the Dead” led by former knight, Sir Victor, she embraces the future and her new identity as Captain Isobel of the “Scaled Fist.” She is soon impressed by their domestication of dragons and the sophisticated magical powers possessed by this secret army. Though to her family and all who knew her as “Gwendolyn,” she is dead, Captain Isobel is alive and well. However, it soon becomes apparent that someone has their own agenda, and is trying to kill her, Sir Victor, or them both.