In the Land of Deem, long before the events that take place in the M'Gaul books, a war rages on. Mornen, princess of Dragons, isn't sure of the methods the almighty Dragons use. She doesn't like killing, she doesn't like marauding, and most of all, she doesn't like her father. One day, on the eve of her first battle, Mornen meets a Fírn. With a body in the shape of a human's, with lion's head and lion's fur, the creature named Korslack Morain is new to her. They become friends, but there is one problem: the Fírns are her enemy. Mornen has to make a choice. Korslack, or her father.