Fenicus Flint, a gold dragon, is frustrated by life in Berathor Valley; not only does his personal tormentor harass him on a daily basis, but it appears as though his parents have forgotten all about his 109th hatching day celebration. While these trivialities feel like an unbearable weight bearing down upon the young dragon, they are nothing compared to the turmoil and responsibility that are soon thrust upon him. After Fenicus awakens from a terrible accident that leaves him injured and unable to fly, he limps home to find Berathor in ruins and deserted. His only clues to the fate of his...

TODAY NEVER HAPPENED. TOMORROW IS GONE. YESTERDAY IS A NEW DAY. Miles Draven blames his birth parents for the problems in his life: classmates who torment him, seventeen years of rejection by foster families, and interminable loneliness. Despite his anger, he clings to an old photograph of his parents and two engraved, marble-sized glass orbs they entrusted to him the night of his birth-the same night they abandoned him. Miles hopes these objects will one day lead him back to his family and the answers he seeks. Those answers, however, defy all reason. When assassins murder Miles' foster...