"Dragons have few laws. The most important forbids harming Human, Dwarf or any lesser creature cursed with the Power. Slaying one means disaster. So a wise Dragon avoids them altogether, but since Dragons are seldom wise, they cannot resist a small taste. Breaking the law condemns the ancient black Dragon, Gaspotine the Dark death. To escape his decaying flesh, his spirit visits time's Silver River where he sees Dragon-kind's fate and the farm girl...