โThe 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 Violetโs already wondering how sheโll get through. Itโs not just that itโs grueling and maliciously brutal, or even that itโs designed to stretch the ridersโ capacity for pain beyond endurance. Itโs the new vice commandant, whoโs made it his personal mission to teach Violet exactly how powerless she isโunless she betrays the man she loves.
Although Violetโs body might be weaker and frailer than everyone elseโs, 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 wonโt 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 series is best enjoyed in order.
Book #1 Fourth Wing
Book #2 Iron Flame
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