The first in an epic fantasy trilogy from Sunday Times bestselling author L.R. Lam. Long ago; humans betrayed dragons; stealing their magic and banishing them to a dying world. Centuries later; their descendants worship dragons as gods. But the 'gods' remember; and they do not forgive. Since they were orphaned; Arcady has scraped a living thieving on the streets of Vatra; dreaming of life among the nobility - and revenge. When the chance arises to steal a powerful artefact from the bones of the Plaguebringer; the most hated person in Lumet history; they jump at it; for its magic holds the key to their dreams. But the spell has unintended consequences; and drags Everen - the last male dragon; who was once foretold to save his kind - into the human world. Trapped; and disguised as a human; Everen soon realises that the key to his destiny; and to regaining his true power; lies in Arcady. All he needs to do is convince one little thief to bond with him completely - body; mind; and soul - and then kill them . . . Yet the closer the two become; the greater the risk both their worlds will shatter.