Ginny screamed at the top of her lungs as the dragon, Shacklah, pulled her from Ricky's side and lifted her nearly twelve feet into the air. She tried to struggle and scream again but her throat had closed in tight . High school student Ginny Bullock and her best friend, Ricky Tanerman, could never guess how a simple walk on the beach could irrevocably change their lives. After they enter a strange cave and stumble into the magical land of Sempra, they embark on a journey fraught with peril. When Ginny learns that the life she once loved and the people she thought of as family are gone, she must use all her skills to ensure her survival. Rescued by a dragon from certain death, Ginny and Ricky explore a mystical world where nothing is as it seems. Survival becomes increasingly difficult as the peaceful landscape is shattered by dangerous magic and thirst for blood that culminates in armed conflict between the forces of good and evil. Hunted by dangerous beasts and figures cloaked in shadows, Ginny rides atop a mighty dragon as she follows a path of self-discovery, replete with bravery and fear, love and pain, and even the possibility of her own demise.