A red-haired girl on a cliff holds a rope attached to a black dragon flying over the ocean at night, with orcas swimming below and a city in the distance.

Maya – 17, fiercely independent, passionate marine biologist, haunted by a childhood encounter with a pod of orcas.) (Captain Rex – 40s, gruff but secretly kind Clearwater Marine Aquarium head, driven by profit, initially skeptical of Maya). The salt spray stung Maya’s face as she rappelled down the cliff, a grappling hook securing her to the jagged rock. Below, the churning ocean hid her objective: Night Fury, a magnificent black dragon, half-feral, half-domesticated, who’d been raised by a pod of orcas. She’d tracked him for months, following whispers from fishermen about a creature that swam with the killer whales, a shadow flitting between the waves. Night Fury, kept captive in Clearwater Marine Aquarium's massive tank, had been her obsession ever since her childhood encounter with those very orcas—a mystical connection she felt only she understood. Tonight, he would be free. With a swift, practiced move, Maya disabled the tank's security system and opened the floodgates. Night Fury, sensing his chance, burst from the tank, a roaring silhouette against the moonlit sky. See more