“The Fire Dragon” tells two separate stories: one set in the "present" of 1117, and one set in the past, the era of the Civil Wars. In the present, Raena's troublemaking in Cerr Cawnen leads to terrible death and destruction but may ultimately succeed in offering the final working-out of Rhodry's Wyrd. In the past, Nevyn and Lilli attempted to solve the riddle of the curse tablet, but the price will be high. In this, the eleventh volume in the Deverry cycle and third of the “Dragon Mage” series, storylines begun in, and—both the 'present' of 1117 and the past—will reach their triumphant and spellbinding conclusion.