The dragon queen is dead, her dragon flown off into the east. The capital city is in flames and ruin. Who will rebuild the city and how? While the lords squabble over who should be king, a self-appointed council - a former-pirate, a thief-turned-treasurer, a knight of the realm and someone who calls himself a dentist - need to save the city from itself. Because the dragon might have gone but perhaps it left something behind...