A new enemy enters the Valla arena, but this one is as ancient as time and must be unleashed in a forbidden place. An ancient map points the way. To get there in stealth a ship able to cross vast distance is needed, with an expert crew to navigate her. Sorcery and technology work together to contain a creature created of time and fire. The terrible secret of the source of Valla power is uncovered, friends and family are murdered, and Torrullin stands forth and reveals the truth about the Valla Dragon - a secret about power and greed from the era of Nemisin. Hurting after Saska abandons him, Torrullin hurtles into battle when his twin sons are kidnapped. Another truth rears up, the tale of the Nine who fled into the Forbidden Zone with a strange taliesman in the shape of a dragon. 'There are dragons in my future, ' Torrullin once tells Quilla of the Q'lin'la ... and that future is now. The Kallanon Scales is an epic journey into the realms of time and legend, forever altering the future.