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"Suspenseful, sexy, and with incredibly entertaining storytelling, the first in Yarros' Empyrean series will delight fans of romantic, adventure-filled fantasy." โBooklist, starred review
"Fourth Wing will have your heart pounding from beginning to end... A fantasy like you've never read before." โ#1 New York Times bestselling author Jennifer L. Armentrout
Enter the brutal and elite world of a war college for dragon riders from #1 New York Times bestselling author Rebecca Yarros
Twenty-year-old Violet Sorrengail was supposed to enter the Scribe Quadrant, living a quiet life among books and history. Now, the commanding generalโalso known as her tough-as-talons motherโhas ordered Violet to join the hundreds of candidates striving to become the elite of Navarre: dragon riders.
But when youโre smaller than everyone else and your body is brittle, death is only a heartbeat away...because dragons donโt bond to โfragileโ humans. They incinerate them.
With fewer dragons willing to bond than cadets, most would kill Violet to better their own chances of success. The rest would kill her just for being her motherโs daughterโlike Xaden Riorson, the most powerful and ruthless wingleader in the Riders Quadrant.
Sheโll need every edge her wits can give her just to see the next sunrise.
Yet, with every day that passes, the war outside grows more deadly, the kingdom's protective wards are failing, and the death toll continues to rise. Even worse, Violet begins to suspect leadership is hiding a terrible secret.
Friends, enemies, lovers. Everyone at Basgiath War College has an agendaโbecause once you enter, there are only two ways out: graduate or die.
The Empyrean series is best enjoyed in order.
Reading Order:
Book #1 Fourth Wing
Book #2 Iron Flame