Gwizdo is close to frenzy: for some time now, all orders have been snatched from him and Lian Chu by a mysterious competitor. Even on a remote island, the two fail to get ahead of their rival. But the dragons that the hunters face there require teamwork in the hunt: this is how Lian Chu and the Stranger team up. But after successfully fighting the monsters, Lian Chu realizes that the stranger is neither male nor unknown...