Fifteen-year-old Alys is not a witch. But that doesn t matter--the villagers think she is and have staked her out on a hillside as a sacrifice to the local dragon. It s late it s cold and it s raining and Alys can think of only one thing--revenge. But first she s got to escape and even if she does how can one girl possibly take on an entire town alone? Then the dragon arrives--a dragon that could quite possibly be the perfect ally. . . .