
Violet Sorrengail returns to Basgiath battered by grief and war, flying brutal patrols while politics threaten to fracture the fragile coalition holding the wards—and the riders—together. When venin slip inside the walls disguised as scribes, Violet and her squad are forced into a deadly fight that exposes a terrifying truth: the enemy isn’t only outside, and the people Violet loves are changing in ways no Codex prepared them for.
As negotiations collapse and treason charges fly, Violet risks everything to keep the fliers safe, secure knowledge from distant isles, and launch a mission to find the legendary seventh dragon breed. But the deeper she goes, the more the war demands: allies, sacrifices, and impossible choices. And when the storm finally closes in, Violet must decide what she can save—and what she might become.