In every chapter there is an adventure. The story begins with the shipwreck survivors asleep on the warm sandy beach. Great shadows pass over them. Dragons the colors of all the jewels in the universe are circling over the sleeping people. Imagine waking up to a dragons beautiful green eyes, looking at you. They are making sounds as if they were humming a tune. Great huge barking spiders running for help. The birds are attacking. Dragons rescuing children. Plucking them from the ocean. Eatum, the dog, riding a dragon. The suspense and humor are all intertwined to make a book you can't put down until the last page. This is the first book of a series of exciting, funny people and animals in a different time and place.