In violation of every law of the Dragon Temple, which forbids women to own property, Zarq Darquel has secured a dragon estate for herself. But now that her former overlord has begun a fanatical crusade to find her, Zarq's last ally - his turncoat brother - can no longer stand between her and the threat of imprisonment. Abandoning the estate where she thought she would be safe, she journeys deep into the jungle in search of an ancient dragon secret that would give her the power to overthrow her pursuer and the corrupt Dragon Temple. She has taken with her some of the female dragons from her own estate, and in the jungle she will once again risk the dragons' highly addictive, hallucinogenic venom - renewing a craving that is becoming an obsession...