ONE GRIFFIN WITH FEATHER DROP. ONE HICCUPING WISE OWL. ONE POORLY PHOENIX. DEMON'S GOT BIRD TROUBLES. It's not easy being Apprentice Healer to Chrion the centaur god. Arnie the grumpy griffin is sick and Demon's worried the other winged creatures will catch it. But Chiron gone on a trip, and the words in his healing books are all wonky. Then the goddess Athene turns up with a really BIG problem. If the phoenix ca't sing its song of renewal, the fire devils will escape and burn everything. Demon must travel to the Deserts of Burning Sands to put things right . . .