The Empyrean: Fourth Wing (Series #1) (Hardcover)

A #1 New York Times bestseller - Optioned for TV by Amazon Studios - 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 . semi-finalist - 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 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