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Fourth Wing (Standard Edition)

by Rebecca Yarros

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A dragon-rider’s place at war college

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  • Award recognition

    Goodreads Choice Award winner

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  • Bestseller

    #1 New York Times bestseller

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    Amazon Best Books of the Year — #4

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A dragon-rider’s place at war college

Violet Sorrengail expected to study books and history, but her mother’s command sends her into the Riders Quadrant at Basgiath War College. There, cadets compete for a chance to bond with dragons, while Violet’s physical vulnerability and her family ties make the training especially dangerous. The school’s rivalry unfolds against a wider conflict: Navarre’s protective wards are failing, and Violet suspects its leaders are concealing a secret. The setup brings military-school competition, dragon bonding, and political uncertainty into one fantasy narrative. This is the opening volume of Yarros’s Empyrean series, whose listed reading order continues with *Iron Flame* and *Onyx Storm*.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Fantasy readers interested in dragons and dragon riders.
  • Readers who enjoy war-college settings and cadet competition.
  • Those looking for a series opener that combines fantasy with romantic elements, as described in the source.

Themes

Dragon bondingCompetition and survivalFamily ties and conflictPolitical secrecyWar and protection

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Book overview

A #1 New York Times bestseller - TV series in development at MGM Amazon Studios with Michael B. Jordan's Outlier Society - Amazon Best Books of the Year, #4 - Apple Best Books of the Year 2023 - Barnes & Noble Best Fantasy Book of 2023 - NPR "Books We Love" 2023 - Audible Best Books of 2023 - Hudson Book of the Year - Google Play Best Books of 2023 - Indigo Best Books of 2023 - Waterstones Book of the Year finalist - Goodreads Choice Award Winner - Newsweek Staffers' Favorite Books of 2023 - Paste Magazine's Best Books of 2023

"Suspenseful, sexy, and with incredibly entertaining storytelling, the first in Yarros' Empyrean series will delight fans of romantic, adventure-filled fantasy." --Booklist, starred review

"Fourth Wing will have your heart pounding from beginning to end... A fantasy like you've never read before."―#1 New York Times bestselling author Jennifer L. Armentrout

Enter the brutal and elite world of a war college for dragon riders from #1 New York Times bestselling author Rebecca Yarros

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.

Friends, enemies, lovers. Everyone at Basgiath War College has an agenda--because once you enter, there are only two ways out: graduate or die.

The Empyrean series is best enjoyed in order.
Reading Order:
Book #1 Fourth Wing
Book #2 Iron Flame
Book #3 Onyx Storm

Though Threshing Day can be enjoyed as an introduction to the series, due to contained spoilers, it is best read after Onyx Storm.

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