Fourth Wing (The Empyrean #1)
Rebecca Yarros
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· 1974 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 164
- enemies to lovers 158
- magic 137
- war 131
- military 129
- disabilities & scars 117
- grumpy/cold hero 105
- new adult 103
- take-charge heroine 102
- forced proximity 99
- competent heroine 99
- independent heroine 88
- tortured hero 84
- high fantasy 83
- gifted/super-heroine 83
- alpha male 82
- warrior heroine 78
- forbidden love 76
- warlord/commander hero 75
- possessive hero 74
- height difference 73
- slow burn 72
- college 72
- sassy heroine 69
- secret relationship 67
- bad boys 58
- m-f romance 57
- dangerous heroine 49
- love triangle 40
- fighter hero 37
- monsters 37
- famous heroine 36
- men in uniform 29
- political/court intrigue 28
- survival 25
- hurt/comfort 22
- paranormal 21
- betrayal 16
- found family 14
- vengeance 4
- class difference 4
- caretaking 4
- suspense 3
- young adult 2
- angst 2
- insta-love 2
- dystopian 1
- fated mates 1
- mystery 1
- historical 1
- grumpy & sunshine 1
- other man/woman 1
- teacher/coach hero 1
- bodyguard/protector hero 1
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- content warnings
- death / grief 83
- abuse 39
- past abuse 36
- animal death 28
- ableism 27
- graphic violence 18
- animal abuse 9
- torture of side characters 3
- past child abuse 2
- body betrayal 2
- Format
- Audiobook
- first person pov 96
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The 'The Empyrean' series
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