While a savage battle rages among men, the Dark One once again casts a wicked shadow over the land. It has long been written that the coming of the Dragon will mark either the destruction of the world or its deliverance from the menacing grips of the Dark One. When dying words of a sage foretell the birth of a male child who is destined to become the Dragon Reborn, a frantic search ensues for the child, so that he may be saved to fulfill his destiny and oppose the Dark One in an ultimate Last Battle. However, followers of the Dark One also know the prophecy and a desperate race ensues with the fate of all mankind hanging in the balance.