Inside the dragon's mouth and tossed about. Great gobs of slobber sloshed under her feet. Then the dragon started to swallow and she felt herself sliding down something hot and horrible…

As a family of dragon slayers, the Quenches of Ashby have always been a burning success…until the evil Black Count invades, and the family's fortunes go into a downward spiral.

Then a dragon unexpectedly arrives and Lily, last of the Quenches, is called upon to fight it. Soon she finds herself on a desperate, magical quest to save Ashby from destruction-and restore the lost heir to his throne…