Rebecca Yarros

“The first year is when some of us lose our lives. The second year is when the rest of us lose our humanity.” —Xaden Riorson

Everyone expected Violet Sorrengail to die during her first year at Basgiath War College—Violet included. But Threshing was only the first impossible test meant to weed out the weak-willed, the unworthy, and the unlucky.

Now the real training begins, and Violet’s already wondering how she’ll get through. It’s not just that it’s grueling and maliciously brutal, or even that it’s designed to stretch the riders’ capacity for pain beyond endurance. It’s the new vice commandant, who’s made it his personal mission to teach Violet exactly how powerless she is–unless she betrays the man she loves.

Although Violet’s body might be weaker and frailer than everyone else’s, she still has her wits—and a will of iron. And leadership is forgetting the most important lesson Basgiath has taught her: Dragon riders make their own rules.

But a determination to survive won’t be enough this year.

Because Violet knows the real secret hidden for centuries at Basgiath War College—and nothing, not even dragon fire, may be enough to save them in the end.


The Empyrean #2

Iron Flame

Because love, at its root, is hope. Hope for tomorrow. Hope for what could be. Hope that the someone you've entrusted your everything to will cradle and protect it. And hope? That shit is harder to kill than a dragon.

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and hope? That shit is harder to kill than a dragon. 

Sina

Cassidy Nolan

“Garrick Tavis. Xaden Riorson.” Captain Fitzgibbons’s voice carries over the formation as he reads from the death roll.

“Well, this is awkward,” Xaden calls out.

And every head in the courtyard turns our direction.

Sophia

“I’m not always calm or collected, and I’m 

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Sarah

"You'd have thought your mother would have held off the storm last year, considering you were crossing." 

“Clearly you don't know my mother." She wouldn't call the storm to kill me like a coward, but she sure as hell wouldn't stop it to save me, either.

Emily McMeans

“"I'm unhinged? I’ll show you unhinged when I kill you for fucking with my head!" I lunge against Xaden's arms, but he holds tight. 

"Let me know if you actually mean it." He lifts me off my feet.”

Shanelle M.

Because love, at its root is hope. Hope for tomorrow. Hope for what could be. Hope that someone you've entrusted your everything to will cradle it and protect it. And hope? That shit is harder to kill than a dragon.

Recovered Correspondence of Lieutenant Xaden Riorson to Cadet Violet Sorrengail 

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