A terrified rider. A mighty dragon. And a friendship that defied imagination.

To be a dragonrider you should not be afraid...

...of heights.

But when you've fallen off your dragon at two thousand feet, you're probably going to be, all the same. And if you're a trainee dragonrider, you'll be afraid sooner. A lot sooner. There's unfortunately one major drawback. Gaile suffers from terrible vertigo and gets dizzy even on the first rung of a ladder. Nor is "teamwork" one of her specialities.

That wouldn't be so bad if "team" wasn't the very definition of a dragon...