When dragons rise from the earth, firefighters are humanity's last line of defence, in this wild, near-future fantasy. Firefighter Cole Brannigan is on the verge of retirement after 30 years on the job, and a decade of fighting dragons. But during his final fire call, he discovers he's immune to dragon smoke. It's such a rare power that he's immediately conscripted into the elite dragon-fighting force known as the Smoke Eaters. Retirement cancelled, he is re-assigned as a lowly rookie, chafing under his superiors. So when he discovers a plot to take over the city's government, he takes matters into his own hands...