Set in the rapidly modernizing Aegir Basin, the vibrant nation of Imathia finds itself unwillingly at war. The 6th Airborne Expeditionary Unit (AEU) "Autumn Ghosts" is deployed to the most intense engagements, where enslaved river drakes and their human riders struggle not only against the enemy, but against the unwanted bonds that force them all to suffer. Loyalty, tradition, hatred, fear, and the occasional, isolated effort to make the world just a bit brighter combine to make surviving each other almost more important than winning, for what is victory when one cannot choose to fight?