Finding a baby dragon accidentally left alive after his older brother's dragonquest, Darek risks death and the anger of his people in trying to return it to the Valley of the Dragons.
Caring for her two younger siblings after their unreliable mother abandons them, fifteen-year-old Anna discovers the difficulties of trying to be a parent.
Nell and her brother Owen must put their competition for the title of Imperial Wizard aside and combine their strength to stop the evil Lord Graieconn from seizing power and destroying Edlearth.
Princess Arenelle, stunned to be passed over for the post of wizard's apprentice in favor of her father's long lost son, Owen, puts aside her grievances when Owen is captured by Dark Forces and sets out to rescue him.
Having reluctantly moved to Maine after her father's death in Manhattan, fourteen-year-old Denise forges a healing friendship with a boat owner surrounded by considerable mystery.