In a modern-day world one step removed from our own, dragons are a highly respected—and highly endangered—species, but poaching is an existential threat. When young idealist Carmen Tritos joins the federal agency tasked with managing dragon populations, he quickly discovers that the entire system is corrupt. After seeing firsthand the cruelty of the system, our newly radicalized dragon savior takes matters into his own hands!
A blend of magical realism and procedural investigation... with dragons!
In a modern-day world one step removed from our own, dragons are a highly respected—and highly endangered—species, but poaching is an existential threat. When young idealist Carmen Tritos joins the federal agency tasked with managing dragon populations, he quickly discovers that the entire system is corrupt. After seeing firsthand the cruelty of the system, our newly radicalized dragon savior takes matters into his own hands!
A blend of magical realism and procedural investigation... with dragons!
In a modern-day world one step removed from our own, dragons are a highly respected—and highly endangered—species, but poaching is an existential threat. When a young idealist joins the federal agency tasked with managing dragon populations, he quickly discovers that the entire system is corrupt. After seeing firsthand the cruelty of the system, our newly radicalized dragon savior takes matters into his own hands!
With an injured dragon now under his care, Carmen Tritos is more determined than ever to end the scale trade. But Tritos is realizing there's no one he can trust, not even his own partner. With the police hounding him for the truth about his explosive raid that left multiple butchers dead, Carmen is forced to defend himself just as his next case sends him undercover to cut out the roots of the scale trade. But is this really an undercover op at all? Or is Tritos walking into a trap that pins him as an unhinged, murderous activist?
Agent Carmen Tritos of the Dragon Conservation Agency —the DCA— has uncovered darker forces behind the scale trade than even he ever imagined. But with every step Tritos takes toward the truth, he becomes more and more isolated. Tritos is slowly realizing that with the deck stacked against him, he'll have to abandon the rulebook to find true justice. Carmen resolves to strike the scale trade where it hurts most—even if it means striking within the DCA's own house. Doing so puts a huge target on not just Carmen's back, but that of Filo—his rescue dragon friend. Can Carmen survive long enough to make a real difference?
DCA Agent Carmen Tritos, betrayed by those he's had no choice but to trust, is abandoned by everyone but his dragon--Filo. The Scale Trade has made the wrong enemy in Carmen though, and his desperate final acts to save dragons and burn the system to the ground will have a seismic impact on how the species is treated by humanity!