Daisy Crumb has just had a haircut, but that is the least of her problems. There is a dragon on the loose, orphans are being abducted and Daisy has been sentenced to death. Luckily her mum shows up to the hanging wielding a hockey stick. Daisy escapes to the city to seek help from her uncle the legendary dragon slaying detective. But the dragon has many low friends in high places and Daisy discovers that her worst terrors have only just begun…