It was a quiet and unobtrusive kingdom in the land of Musk, until a wayward dragon was brought home by Princess Laura. But the Master Dragon had an agenda all his own: to kill the king's personal adviser. While settling into his new home he comes across a stable boy who fascinates him. Pip doesn't know why, and after being trussed up like a lamb to slaughter by Sir Dwayne, the Captain of the King's Knights, life gets very interesting for him. "No! You shall not," screamed Tarsus, blowing smoke and fire from his gullet. "Pip is under my protection, and you will not hurt him." We'll see.