After his first host is killed in battle, Draycos, a warrior from a dragon-like, symbiotic race, is forced to latch onto teenager Jack Morgan to survive, whereupon the two join forces--literally--to find those who have wronged them.

"Every thirty years, ten billion visitors overrun Earth during one month of madness: partying, polluting, and brawling. In between, the world is ruled by the Million; the inheritors and custodians of all of humanity's wealth and history, they lead unimaginable lives of privilege and wealth, and they see it as their due. Gavin Penn-of-Chaffee is an illegal childa visitor hidden among the Million. When the family that raised him in secret is torn apart,...