In Callenlas, dragons carry riders on adventures, and stars are rumored to live among human beings. Caught up in a war that threatens everything they have ever known, a downtrodden apprentice and a discontented princess find themselves drawn closer and closer to the great King Elior. Will he prove to be Zaphreth’s greatest enemy, or the hero of Runa’s legends?

“What is everyone’s wrong about dragons? What if dragons can be … trained?” Farm-boy Cairn can hardly believe it when he is chosen to train as a rider for the Star-King Elior. Far from home in the mountains, where dragons lurk and war threatens, Cairn strives to become a great rider of Callenlas. Does he have what it takes after all? And what is his friend Arunae hiding?