Description
Leigh Bardugo’s world-building meets Sarah J. Maas’s romance in this acclaimed fantasy from USA Today bestselling author Rebecca Yarros.
Violet Sorrengail was never meant to be a Rider. She was meant to be a writer living a quiet life surrounded by books. Now, under the command of a commanding general known as her fierce mother, Violet joins hundreds of others striving to become a dragon rider of Navarre. But when you’re smaller than everyone else and your body is fragile, death is only a moment away.
Because dragons don’t bond with “fragile” humans, they burn them to ash. The dragons who are less willing to bond than most cadets kill Violet to increase their chances of success. But some kill her simply because she’s her mother’s daughter, like Xaden Riorson, the most powerful and ruthless pack leader in the Riders Quadrant.
But with each passing day, the external war grows more terrifying. Their defenses fail. The casualties mount, and even a first-year like Violet may be called to the front lines. She must use all her wits to survive to see the sunrise tomorrow. Friends, enemies, lovers, everyone at Basquiat War College has a secret. Because once you're in, there are only two ways out: graduate or die.