Young Lanen Kaelar is obsessed with meeting the terrible Dragons of Dragon Isle. When a Harvest ship is making the treacherous journey to Dragon Isle for provisions of lansip leaves and fruit, Lanen willingly goes along, even though the chance of ever returning home is remote. On Dragon Isle, Lanen finds that she can communicate with the dragons telepathically, and she wonders if she is more closely related to the Dragons than she can imagine.