After a chance encounter with a mysterious stranger in the woods, a simple farm girl is faced with a desperate dilemma. Quincy Durand had never planned to become a thief. With her parents both missing, when her younger brother is mortally wounded it falls on Quincy to find a way to save his life. She discovers a possible solution, but the price for help is she must steal a dragon's egg from Dravonya's acclaimed Silver Wings Academy.When the egg unexpectedly hatches during the escape, it's no longer just her brother's life that hangs in the balance but hers as well as she must prove herself more than just a failed thief.