The true nature of the war has been revealed. It has, from the start, always involved more than one dragon. Alemar's mission to his ancestral realm has left him stranded in the dragon's capital. His healing powers are crippled. His sword means little against the number of enemies surrounding him. Hope is hard to cling to. Elenya is left to lead the defense back home. But the great forest is no refuge - not when she and her small band of warriors are pursued by a sorcerer intent not only in eliminating her at the dragon's directive, but for his own, personal hatred of her. At long last, the never-before-published conclusion of The War of the Dragons trilogy.