"What is it you think I can do?" she whispered. "I'm no one."The dragon's thought came carefully, painfully. "No one? The maid who was given the gift of tongues? The girl who tamed a unicorn? Who saved then destroyed a world? Oh, Alice-Elayne, you are someone. And you are about to learn that your story is only half told."Elayne is struggling with her ordinary life in New York City. Until she hears that a monster has been caught in the city's sewers-a snake with a head at either end-and Elayne knows her ordinary life is over. The monster has come from Goloth, land of the fabulous beasts, and it's come to take her back.She doesn't want to go-there are so many ways to die in that place. But when her fathercrosses over, she has no choice. Yet now Goloth is ripped apart by a civil war ... and her actions helped start it. Worse: the unicorns, that world's guardians, have vanished, including her beloved Moonspill. Worst of all: Tiamat, queen of dragons, has woken from her five-hundred-year sleep. And she has plans for Elayne. Terrible plans. Only one thing is certain: if Elayne is to have any hope of saving Goloth from total destruction, she must bring back the unicorns. Summoned by a dragon, attacked by a griffin, betrayed by pirates, forced to fight-Elayne will need every ounce of courage to rescue her father, keep her best friend alive, and unite a realm ... all while trying not to fall in love with the former tyrant-king!An utterly captivating adventure set in a land where all our myths live...