“Becoming a Dragon” is the fifth novel in the series and the first where the situation radically changes. The book introduces a new character to the series - a man named Darkness. Exiled to the hard labor planet Zone, Gloom set himself a goal: “to go up.” His whole life, it would seem, is now devoted to this goal. He kills and steps over corpses, organizes a revolution and global environmental projects on the planet... But the soul of Darkness is not as empty as he wants to think. And the main detail of his plan, the little dragon Lobastic, who he saved, is gradually turning from a “dragon body” into an adopted daughter...