The nightmares never end for Radley Zall. After years of struggling for survival during the Red War, he finds himself deporting wayward dragons to the Exclusion Zone. The horrors of his past have left him a broken man, slowing killing himself in a bottle of whiskey. It's a wearying existence that many former soldiers have been subjected to since the war ended, but for Radley, that is all about to change. Throughout his life, Radley's hatred of dragons has been unmatched until one evening when a small one shows up on his doorstep. For reasons Radley can't explain, he feels compelled to help her. That uncharacteristic decision will change the course of his life forever. His fight to keep her safe lands him deep in a plot to reignite the Red War after ten years of peace and wipe out the few remaining dragons on Earth. The demons of his past have come back to haunt him. If he is unable to silence them, the fragile peace humanity spent thirty years fighting and dying for will be lost.