A short book set in our world, in a not-so-distant future (I think? or was it current times?), global warming and our neglect of our planet's welfare has led to severe droughts, new incurable diseases, and very long, hot, rainless summers. All this, yet the story centers on two people in a slummier part of Beijing, two young men, one a foreigner and one a native suffering from an incurable illness, and their bond and love that forms over the finding of neglected and dying dragons and the hope that nursing them will help find a cure.

A very sweet and sad short story that has adorable dragons in it so +5,000 points from me!