A thousand years ago, Princess Luna became Nightmare Moon and was banished to the moon.

A thousand years ago, Princess Celestia began her reign as the sole ruler of Equestria and ushered in a golden age of peace and prosperity.

A thousand years ago, Art Axis made deals that damned them both, and has been waiting ever since for them to realize it.

After escaping the clutches of Queen Chrysallis, Prince Blueblood finds himself in the wasted Badlands. As a spoiled Canterlot noble with an inflated ego, it never occurs to him that he might actually have to get himself to safety rather than wait for the Equestrian guards to rescue him.

And in the boiling heat of those wasted lands without a drop of water to drink, the prince slips into madness...

... and the legend of Dawn Coyote begins.

Holly Bud is a rock star. One of the greats, in fact: everypony has heard at least one of his songs, and just about all the other rock & roll musicians cite him as an inspiration for their own music.

He's also a changeling.

While waiting for investigations into his past and his eventual trial for any possible role he might have in a changeling conspiracy he agrees to an interview for a local Canterlot music magazine.

The story he will tell will rock Equestria to its core.