In an alternative futuristic world where dragons are the souls of all the planets and moons, thirteen year old Lunar pairs with a new dragon to try to save the colony on Mars He wasn't meant to be the hero. But he was chosen by the dragon.
Lunar and his misfit crew of fellow orphans live on Mars, scavenging for scraps in a wasteland ravaged by wars and storms. Lunar knows all the legends about dragons, but survival is his only priority. Until one day, a salvaging mission goes dangerously wrong.
As he takes shelter underground, he uncovers the only hope left for a dying planet: the last dragon. And when the dragon won't let him go, it becomes alarmingly clear: Lunar Jones has been chosen to save Mars.