Long ago, the planet Zebunon III was a very different place. There was war. There was slavery. But most of all, there was magic. When six-year-old Amadeus runs away from home, he doesn't know that he's running toward something. But before long, he finds himself in a sequence of events over which he has no control. He sees his mother alone with a stranger. Amadeus is caught by slave traders. And a mysterious blue dragon keeps showing up in his dreams. Will Amadeus discover the meaning of these events? And is he bound to be enslaved forever? In time, he'll find the twists and turns his life takes may be leading toward an ultimate destiny.