Tamesan, daughter of the Dragon Head, will never sail to the land of dragons. Instead, she must follow the ways of the other village women. But Tam would rather spend her days roaming Dragon Mountain, staring out to sea, to the south....
Then she meets the mysterious Herbal Man, and begins to study his healing arts. As Tam fights to decide her own life, she discovers the secret lurking in the heart of Dragon Mountain, the truth about dragons - and the terrible secret at the heart of Harbin....