It is the sixteenth year of Queen Victoria Alexandrina; Bran ap Dylan o Cantre'r Gwaelod, young student of Applied Dracology prepares for the final exams at the Llambed Academy of Mystic Arts. 

Bran celebrates his graduation with a few friends; but not everyone is as happy with the exam results.

As the summer heat dries out the marshes and riverbeds, Bran stumbles upon a relic of ancient wars.

Bran discovers his Grandfather's diary and learns the truth behind his blue stone ring.

Inspired by his Grandfather's adventures, Bran joins Dylan on board the MFS Ladon, the greatest ship ever built.

The Ladon sails towards the great empire of Qin, and Bran has the greatest adventure of his life.

The Ladon finally reaches its destination - the Western Factories of Fan Yu - and Bran learns that there is always war in Qin.

The Second Dragoons is ordered to sail North, to assist the Qin capital against the encroaching rebels. But war is closer than anyone expected. In the heat of the battle, there is only one way for Bran to survive: to invoke the power of the Llambed Seal...