
But the angry Rat Dragoneye doesn’t want to share power with Lord Eon, who might discover his plans to use dragon power to overthrow the Emperor! Soon, this year's Dragoneye and his dragon must travel north to help control the weather – for the Dragoneye Lords serve during their Dragon year to keep the empire safe. In this imperial court of protocol and ceremony, no one knows what to do with an apprentice who has no master to train him or how to deal with two protector dragons in one year. For the first time in living memory, the Mirror Dragon has appeared to select an apprentice – and chooses Eon. Suddenly the long-dark twelfth dragon mirror brightens. Eon now must run away before anyone discovers that this 12-year-old boy is really a young woman who risked execution for a chance to serve the Emperor as Dragoneye! Ten dragon brothers and the whole empire watch as the ascendant Dragon selects Dillon as his apprentice.

Perhaps the Dragon’s spirit eye will overlook his crippled leg?Įon feels the mighty Rat Dragon’s spirit ripple through his blood, even after the swordmaster’s ambush on the competition field. Only one chance to become Dragoneye apprentice… Soon Eon’s years of training will be over as he competes against 11 candidates.
