Fourth Wing
Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros is about the daughter of a high-ranked general, Violet, getting ordered into learning how to become a dragon rider (but she doesn’t initially want to bc all she’s known are books her entire life) and so she commits to basgiath War collage where she goes through trials designed to root out the weak.
“Fourth Wing” is the inaugural novel in the Empyrean series by Rebecca Yarros. It is about Violet Sorrengail and weaves a compelling narrative around this young cadet training to become a dragon rider amidst a harsh, competitive environment.
Bestselling author Rebecca Yarros of USA invites you to explore the harsh and exclusive realm of a dragon riders’ war college.Violet Sorrengail, twenty, was expected to move into the Scribe Quadrant and have a peaceful existence surrounded by books and historical artifacts. The commanding general, who is also Violet’s fierce mother, has now given Violet the order to enlist in the hundreds of applicants vying to become dragon riders, Navarre’s elite.
However, death is only a heartbeat away when your body is brittle and you’re smaller than everyone else.because “fragile” humans do not form bonds with dragons. They set them on fire.Since dragons are less likely than cadets to form bonds, most would kill Violet to increase their own chances of success.