"Two thousand years of legend and lore about the menace and majesty of dragons, which have breathed fire into our imaginations from ancient Rome to Game of Thrones A Penguin Classic The most popular mythological creature in the human imagination, dragons have provoked fear and fascination for their lethal venom and crushing coils, and as avatars of the Antichrist, servants of Satan, couriers of the damned to Hell, portents of disaster, and harbingers...

This prequel to the epic Bone saga follows the story of Gran'ma Ben.

Julius, dragon runt of the litter, is a disappointment to his mother who is the leader of the Heartstriker tribe. So she seals him in his human form and banishes him to the Detroit Free Zone, built on the ruins of Old Detroit, where dragons are killed on sight. With the help of a fellow exile, a mage named Marci, Julius navigates the hostile environment and tries to prove himself worthy of his mother's respect.