Fourth Wing (The Empyrean, 1)

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A #1 New York Times Bestseller
Goodreads Choice Award Winner for Readers’ Favourite Romantasy (2023)

Fourth Wing introduces Violet Sorrengail, who expected to live a quieter life among books in the Scribe Quadrant. Instead, she is ordered into Basgiath War College, where cadets train to become dragon riders and survival is never guaranteed.

Violet is smaller than most candidates and physically fragile, a dangerous disadvantage in a world where dragons do not bond with the weak. With fewer dragons than cadets, competition is brutal and enemies are everywhere. Some want Violet dead to increase their own chances. Others want her dead because of who her mother is.

Among the most feared is Xaden Riorson, a powerful wingleader with his own reasons to hate Violet. As Violet navigates deadly trials, shifting alliances, and the ruthless politics of the Riders Quadrant, she must rely on intelligence, strategy, and sheer will to make it through each day.

Outside the college walls, the war grows more dangerous, the kingdom’s protective wards begin to fail, and Violet starts to suspect that leadership is hiding a truth that could change everything. At Basgiath, everyone has an agenda, and there are only two ways out: graduate or die.

The Empyrean series is best read in order:
Book 1: Fourth Wing
Book 2: Iron Flame
Book 3: Onyx Storm