Survive. Claim the crown. Become the dragon king.That should be easy for a seventeen-year-old, but Shawnahur's easy days of being a puckling drover end the moment he helps a baby dragon. Instead, he inadvertently ends up on a battlefield and defeats the enemy champion.With his innocence stripped away and his victories mounting, Shawnahur is on the wrong side of the new king's jealousy which knows no limits. He'll need all his wits to stay alive as he's threatened not only by the enemy on the battlefield-but also by his king! Even so, he dares to dream that the prophecy of a dragon king could apply to him, but that's only if he can survive long enough to claim the crown.