The Dragons of Lazaronia

"Where did she take you?" a voice hissed in his ears. "Tell me and I'll let you go."
"Where did who take me?" Mark gasped. …
"… Where did that old hag Lazaria take you in your dreams?"
"Nowhere: she just showed me how you—how you sent part of yourself out on the wind."
"And the dragons—the baby dragons? You saw those too, didn't you?"

There could be only one reason for Ignarius's interest in Flame's babies—and the wizard makes it quite clear that he is more than a match for any dragon. How can Mark and the Princess Esmé make sure Ignarius doesn't succeed in killing Platinum, Ebony and Ash—especially as Ash is crippled and will never learn to fly properly?
But when Flame leaves Mark to look after her babies, it seems it isn't just the wizard who poses a threat to their safety. Mark finds himself helpless to stop the dragonlings from being stolen by a strange race of little people with extraordinary powers …