The youngest in a long line of riders, Maia Turner strives to change the way her troupe treats its dragons. Joining them for her first tour, she uses her telepathic connection with her own dragon to forge a new path. But when she learns of her family's secret money-making scheme, threatening the lives of the very creatures she seeks to protect, everything she thought she knew is in question. Battling with a family legacy, Maia must enter the dark world of dragon trade, working to uncover the truth before she loses more than just her place in the troupe.