(This is the first book in the original Elementals series which I got to the second and quit halfway through. I figured I might as well bring it back.) Sam, a young male from a small village has found out he was granted a special ability and destiny at birth. Now he just has to complete his delayed training, help find the other elementals, and slay the dragon. What could go wrong besides werewolves, hunters, armies of shadow soldiers, and a forest full of man eating spiders.