The story is told through the view points of two people at first, and then we add a third person towards the second half. The main character though, I believe, is Ember. Ember is a member of Talon, which means she is a dragon hatchling. When they reach a certain age, around 16, they get to go out and live with humans and have a "normal" life, since they are able to be in human form. Ember and her twin brother Dante, have been sent to live near a beach. Twins are rare for dragons, and so Ember has been lucky enough to have a brother with her in all stages of her life. Once they get to where they are staying, they find out that their training is going to begin a bit earlier than planned. Ember and Dante are trained separately, and Ember's trainer seems to be the trainer from hell. And some of the exercises she is doing remind me of what Mr. Miyagi had Daniel doing in the Karate Kid movie. Although her trainer is nothing like the kindly old Mr. Miyagi. And after they are done training, or during their training, they will find out which sect of the Talon they will be training to join.
The 2nd person is Garrett. He is a member of the Order of St. George, soldiers who hunt and kill dragons. He has been put on assignment to try to catch a hatchling that they know will be in the same town where Ember is. And Ember is one of the possible suspects since she is new to town. He is sent to infiltrate the groups of teens and determine who is his target. And while he has always been loyal in all ways, after hanging out with Ember for awhile, and getting to know her as a girl, without finding out if she is a dragon, he wonders if dragons are all as bad as he has been told.
And towards the end a character that we do meet early on, a rogue dragon named Riley, begins to get his own chapters. Any dragon who does not want to follow the Talon's rules and fall in line in one of their sects, well they have to go into hiding and are called rogues. Only Riley lets Ember in on some things that she's never known about Talon, and even shows her proof of some of the things he tells her.
In the end Ember must decide if Talon is still where she belongs, and Garrett must decide if he will follow through with his mission.
Another great, and unique, story by Kagawa.