Anya only wanted one last summer swim in Kootenay Lake. Instead, she woke with a dragon asleep on her legs. Wend is young, orphaned, and the last of his clan. The great lake dragons have vanished into the high peaks, leaving only empty nests and this frightened hatchling, who speaks in pictures when they touch: soaring wings, abandoned eggs, and a darkness rising from the deep.
Anya's Uncle Doug came home from the war in Afghanistan carrying more than scars: a staff that burns water and calls lightning, and something that was never human--an old, hungry thing wearing Doug's skin.
To find the lost dragons, Anya must ride Wend into skies ruled by storm and stone, and confront the monster her uncle has become.
Some legends are kind.
Some are not.
