Virgnia was just a normal girl with a stereotypical stepmother, bullies, and an odd birthmark. When she was born, her real mother died, and when she was young, her father disappeared, leaving her to the mercy of her stepmother and the village bullies. But when she is one of four girls and four boys chosen to attend the legendary Dragon Academy, not only will her life change forever, so will she.

Marcie is an oddity in her village, the daughter of a widower with both village and outsider blood in her veins. She cares for her drunken father, and struggles to fit in with the rest of the village. Everything changes when she comes across two dragons, a mother and her new born, and unwittingly becomes the Tamer of the baby dragon when his mother dies. This new unlikely bond completely changes her life and opens doors to her future that she would have never thought possible whilst also causing her pain and heartache.

Our lives are all just a drop in the bucket. Might as well make the most of the splash.