Everyone knows what a Dragon Slayer does. That's the problem.
Years after the crisis in Davaar, Eligio Arino has become something he never intended.
A legend.
They call him Dragon Slayer.
He carries the famous sword.
And when animals and people begin fleeing the eastern country, everyone expects him to know what needs killing.
There's just one problem.
Eligio has never actually killed a dragon.
There is no confirmed enemy. No attack site. No explanation for the thousands moving west.
Only forgotten warning systems coming alive, frightened creatures abandoning familiar territory, and something approaching that nobody understands.
Then the dragons arrive.
Some are dangerous. Some are terrified. Some know things the humans do not.
And when a wounded dragon takes refuge in the reservoir supplying an entire city, the crisis becomes impossible to ignore.
The dragon needs somewhere safe.
The city needs its water.
Neither can simply walk away.
Eligio has spent years learning that having a famous sword doesn't mean having the right answer. Now soldiers want decisions, officials want solutions, and frightened people expect the Dragon Slayer to do what his title promises.
But killing something is easy to justify when nobody bothers asking what else might have worked.
Eligio intends to ask.
Even if the answers become harder to live with.
Everyone knows what a Dragon Slayer does. Eligio's job is deciding when he should.
The Dragon Slayer is Book 2 of the Dragon Spotter series, continuing Eligio Arino's story after The Dragon Spotter.