“The most addictive fantasy book I’ve read in a decade!”
—Tracy Wolff, New York Times bestselling author
New York Times bestselling author
A dragon without its rider is a tragedy. A rider without their dragon is dead.
—Article One, Section One of the Dragon Rider’s Code
Violet Sorrengail believed that at twenty, she would join the Scribes Quadrant and live a quiet life, studying her beloved books and the ancient histories that so fascinate her. However, by order of her mother, the fearsome commanding general, Violet must join the thousands of candidates fighting to be part of Navarre’s elite: the dragon riders.
When you are smaller and more fragile than others, your life is in danger, because dragons do not bond with weak humans; in fact, they incinerate them. On top of this, with more riders than available dragons, a good portion of the candidates would kill Violet to improve their chances of success; others, like the ruthless Xaden Riorson, the most powerful wing leader in the Quadrant, would kill her simply for being the commanding general’s daughter. To survive, she will need to make the most of all her wit.
Day by day, the war raging outside the College becomes deadlier, the kingdom’s defenses weaken, and the dead increase. As if that weren’t enough, Violet suspects that Navarre’s leaders are hiding a terrible secret.
Friendship, rivalry, and passion... at Basgiath War College, everyone has a hidden agenda and knows that once inside there are only two possibilities: graduate or die.
