Xulio DeLoera is a feared prince of the most powerful empire. He has ruled the battle field since the age of sixteen and with the help of the Dragon Karnon that possesses his body, he has earned his fathers respect. But now he has come of age and has to marry one of the princesses from their neighbouring lands. He hates the idea but has no choice. Stuck on an island, betrayed by one of the kingdoms, forced to save himself and all the princesses from being assassinated by an unknown foe, will he finally reveal his safely guarded power to the world? And most importantly, will he decipher whether or not his feelings for the Water princess Azainnea are his own, or just his Dragon, Karnon reaching out to Azainneas' Hippocampus?