Young Kindan has no expectations other than joining his father in the mines of camp Natalon, a coal mining settlement struggling to turn a profit far from the great holds where the presence of dragons and their riders means safety and civilization.

Young Kindan has no expectations other than joining his father in the mines of camp Natalon, a coal mining settlement struggling to turn a profit far from the great holds where the presence of dragons and their riders means safety and civilization.