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Memphis, 1939. Twelve-year-old Rill Foss and her four younger siblings live a magical life aboard their family’s Mississippi River shantyboat. But when their father must rush their mother to the hospital one stormy night, Rill is left in charge - until strangers arrive in force. Wrenched from all that is familiar and thrown into a Tennessee Children’s Home Society orphanage, the Foss children are assured that they will soon be returned to their parents - but they quickly realize the dark truth.

Xavier Seaton is unlike any other member of the Drake Clan. Raised in the mountains at Storbrook Castle, his first shift into human form was when he was already a teenager. Added to that, Xavier is the most powerful dragon ever, surpassing even his grandfather, Aaron. But such matters are of little importance when Xavier travels to Civitas with Aaron and Keira to investigate mounting threats against dragons. As he and his uncle, Zach, track down disturbing rumors, Xavier meets people who challenge his beliefs about the human race.