The start of an edge-of-your-seat, action?packed fantasy series from the always irreverent Jackson Ford, where a wild band known as the Bone Raiders harness the power of gigantic, fire-breathing lizards to defend their homeland.

You don't mess with the Rakada. The people living in the grasslands of the Tapestry call them the Bone Raiders, from their charming habit of displaying the bones of those they kill on their horses and armour.

But being a raider is tough these days. There's a new Great Khan in the Tapestry. He's had it with the raider clans, and plans to use his sizeable military to do something about it. And then there are the araatan: fire-breathing lizards the size of elephants, roaming the grasslands in search of dwindling food supplies.

Sayana is a Rakada scout, and she loves her job. But if she wants to keep it, she's going to have to do something drastic. Like convincing her clan to ride araatan, instead of horses. Sayana doesn't quite know how to get that done without being eaten and/or cooked alive, but she'd better figure it out fast - or she and her clan, along with every other raider in the Tapestry, will be wiped out.

Praise for Jackson Ford:

'An un-put-downable, action-packed adventure that packs an emotional punch' Kirkus

'Proceeds at breakneck speed through almost five hundred pages of madcap adventure' Guardian

'Fast-paced and a lot of fun . . . A modern action movie that just happens to be in book form' The Fantasy Inn

'Ford's breakneck pace keeps the tension high, and the thrills coming the whole way through' BookPage