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Chapter Overview
Chapter 1: AudiobookHub Recommendation
Chapter 2: — The Parapet in the Rain
Chapter 3: — Welcome to the Citadel
Chapter 4: — The Mat, The Knife, The Cost
Chapter 5: — Oak Tree Secrets
Chapter 6: — Threshing: Two Bonds, One Target
Chapter 7: — The Kiss, The Lie, The Lightning
Chapter 8: — Resson Burns
Chapter 9: — Aretia and the Cost of Truth
Chapter 10: — The Door Opens
Description
Violet Sorrengail expected a quiet life among books as a scribe. Instead, her ruthless mother—the commanding general of Basgiath War College—orders her into the Riders Quadrant, where survival begins with a storm-soaked parapet and ends, for most, as another name on a death roll.
Outmatched in strength but armed with speed, intelligence, and sheer stubbornness, Violet fights through brutal sparring challenges, deadly trials, and the terrifying selection known as Threshing—only to bond not one dragon, but two. That miracle makes her powerful…and makes her a target.
As loyalties fracture and the borders burn, Violet is pulled into the orbit of Xaden Riorson, the rebellion’s son and her wingleader, whose secrets are as lethal as his shadows. What begins as survival turns into revelation: the war they’ve been taught to fight may be built on lies, and the monsters in children’s fables may be closer than anyone dares admit.
Who Should Listen
- Listeners who want a brutal military-academy fantasy with dragons, high stakes, and constant escalation.
- Fans of enemies-to-lovers tension where romance is dangerous, messy, and tied to survival.
- Readers who like twisty worldbuilding reveals—especially “history is a lie” conspiracies and hidden wars.