Fourth Wing (The Empyrean #1)
Rebecca Yarros
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· 2577 ratings · 512 pages · Published: 02 May 2023
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 .
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- fantasy 186
- enemies to lovers 179
- magic 157
- war 149
- military 147
- disabilities & scars 133
- grumpy/cold hero 118
- take-charge heroine 115
- forced proximity 114
- new adult 113
- competent heroine 111
- independent heroine 99
- gifted/super-heroine 97
- tortured hero 97
- high fantasy 93
- alpha male 91
- forbidden love 90
- college 89
- warrior heroine 88
- warlord/commander hero 85
- height difference 85
- possessive hero 82
- slow burn 81
- secret relationship 79
- sassy heroine 77
- m-f romance 75
- bad boys 68
- dangerous heroine 57
- monsters 47
- fighter hero 46
- love triangle 45
- famous heroine 44
- men in uniform 40
- survival 36
- political/court intrigue 35
- paranormal 28
- hurt/comfort 28
- found family 24
- betrayal 22
- vengeance 10
- class difference 9
- caretaking 8
- young adult 3
- suspense 3
- early 20s mmc 3
- cliffhanger 3
- angst 2
- early 20s fmc 2
- dystopian 1
- fated mates 1
- mystery 1
- historical 1
- grumpy & sunshine 1
- other man/woman 1
- insta-love 1
- sweet/gentle hero 1
- Add topics
- content warnings
- death / grief 99
- abuse 47
- past abuse 44
- animal death 34
- ableism 31
- graphic violence 29
- animal abuse 13
- torture of side characters 8
- body betrayal 7
- past child abuse 6
- Format
- audiobook
- first person pov 104
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The 'The Empyrean' series
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