At the end of the last book, there was a crazy battle going on with Weng the not-sorceror who calls Lily cousin. We’ve learned about the baby dragons who have been birthed properly and the ones who haven’t. In this book, we learn a lot of dragon secrets. Madame Yu is center stage in this book. Generally the series centers around Lily and Rule, and this book does, but Madame Yu is a major player in this book and is involved much more in the story here, because she knows what’s going on. I will buy the next book.