Eighteen-year-old Ira Hill, a human-born dragon warrior, grew up in a trailer park in Bellingham, Washington with a drunk single father. Kivati, a dragon-born shapeshifter, grew up on an island in the sky with a family who believed he was a god reincarnate.

When the spirits revoke Kivati's power and give it to Ira, Kivati vows to kill the young sorcerer and all others like him. A paranoid Ira gathers a group of worthy sorcerers to face Kivati as Kivati raises thunderbirds from eggs.

Journeying through the coastal northwest, other dimensions, and multiple spirit bodies, they learn of darker villains and greater powers looming than those they sought in each other.