The adopted daughter of a distinguished starship commander, young Celine is a brilliant student, a promising cadet -- and a secret witch. When a psychotic criminal, bent on revenge against her father, teleports Celinie randomly out into the cosmos, she finds herself stranded on the forbidden planet Nibiru, in the lair of Fianna -- last princess of a dying race of noble dragons. Fianna and Celine face dire perils and overwhelming odds in their quest for the key to the Dragon race's survival, and the lives of everyone Celine holds most dear.