A veteran Dumnonion warrior, Shashtah, completes his Dragonquest and earns his right to Bond with a Dumnonian Bronze.  He is selected by the Honored Ancient who leads the Council, Tkai, who know she only has five years to live even though a Prophetess, Tphah, who is too young to Bond insists she is his Dragon.  Tkai and Shashtah search the planet of Centuria for a mysterious wizard known as the White Wolf to try to convince him to reenter the war between Dumnonia's allies and the Dark