Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1 The Monkey Hunters; Chapter 2 Running from Certain Shadows; Chapter 3 Red Tooth, Red Claw; Chapter 4 How Time Makes a Dragon; Chapter 5 Why Dragons Breathe Fire; Chapter 6 Time of the Dragon Slayers; Chapter 7 Fate of the Dragons; Appendix A Tree of Life and the Three Sacred Realms; Appendix B More Tales of the Great Worm; Bibliography; Index