The fabled Dragon Lord trove is a thing of legend. No one has penetrated the old Dragon fort deep in the heart of the Behundrian desert, sealed a thousand years ago. Vetravincus, sword for hire, finds himself fighting for his life in the lawless town of Dragonskull, overrun by a slave caravan of criminals. Brigands want to kill him-he just wants to fence a jewel-but such missions are things of the past after he befriends a persecuted half Thrule...