If Elayne thought that her adventures were over with the slaying of the dragon queen... was she ever wrong Because when she and Leo came back from Goloth to New York through the tapestries, Tiamat's three daughters hitched a ride. Elayne had learned that dragons could shapeshift. Take on the form of other beasts. Even become human for a while. So when she sees a news report of a series of murders in California and the only clue is a dragon scale...