"The evil dragon, the Nacht, holds the Valley in the grip of dark nightmares. Twelve-year-old Tom Elm and his friends must find the missing pieces of the Spark, which will drive away the nightmares and destroy the Nacht forever. In this leg of their quest, Tom and his unlikely band meet a trio of schmeing bears and get caught in the depths of a dangerous beehive, where the queen bee will decide their fate. And when Lorimar, the shape-shifting woman with magical abilities, is called away on an important search of her own, Tom starts to wonder if they can survive without her." -- (p.4) of cover.