Desperate to compete in the Grand Prix of dragon racing, Phoebe, the black sheep of the Hyperio family, strikes a deal with the local mob to steal an undersized lunar drake from the mafia. With the help of two childhood friends, she scrapes together a team and stuns the Imperial League with shoestring-budget success. Fame brings perilous entanglements, though – a pop star romance, a private investigator on her tail, her irate father's determination to bring her to heel and, of course, the mafia trying to get their dragon back.

And out for a walk late one winter night, Phoebe meets an aspiring idol who seems to see right through her…