Young Timothy's peaceful world is turned upside down when a wounded dragon crash-lands just outside his village. Rumors of a dragon invasion are becoming reality. But when Timothy tries to rouse the people of his village to action, he finds that he is not just up against the evil power of the dragon, but also the cowardly apathy of his people. After inheriting his father's shield, Timothy leaves everything he knows and loves to join the Knights of the Way. With his new friends, the knight Kanika and the wanderer Bernard, the small band finds their way blocked by a deadly Earthwyrm -- a burrowing dragon that breathes darts of fire. Worse than that -- Earthwyrms never travel alone.