Welcome to the brutal and elite world of Basgiath War College, where everyone
has an agenda, and every night could be your last . . . Twenty-year-old Violet
Sorrengail was supposed to enter the Scribe Quadrant, living a quiet life among
books and history. Now, the commanding general - also known as her
tough-as-talons mother - has ordered Violet to join the hundreds of candidates
striving to become the elite of Navarre: dragon riders. But when you're smaller
than everyone else and your body is brittle, death is only a heartbeat away . .
. because dragons don't bond to 'fragile' 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
mother's daughter - like Xaden Riorson, the most powerful and ruthless
wingleader in the Riders Quadrant. She'll 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. Alliances will be forged. Lives will be lost. Traitors
will become allies . . . or even lovers. But sleep with one eye open because
once you enter, there are only two ways out: graduate or die.