The battle against the DETAWOU is over but all is not well in Dragonfree. The pirates are back! Why did the sea dwellers and tree dwellers not warn Maggold and the Calamus family? Are the tales of raiding Detawou true? Can there still be swamp dragons alive? Are they not extinct? How can Dragonfree return to a secure peace? What will be the role of the eight children living on the Calamus estate? (Who are the three new ones?)