Fourth Wing (The Empyrean Book 1)

Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros – the #1 New York Times bestselling first book in the Empyrean series – is a gripping, romantic, and high-stakes fantasy set in the brutal world of Basgiath War College, where only the strongest survive.

Violet Sorrengail, twenty years old, was meant to live a quiet life in the Scribe Quadrant, surrounded by books and history. But when her ruthless mother—the commanding general—forces her to join the ranks of Navarre’s elite dragon riders, Violet is thrust into a deadly competition where there are only two outcomes: graduate or die.

Small, fragile, and physically weaker than her peers, Violet must fight to survive in a place where even dragons burn the “weak.” Surrounded by rivals willing to kill her for a chance to bond with a dragon, she faces her greatest threat in Xaden Riorson, the powerful and merciless wingleader who despises her.

As the war outside grows bloodier and the kingdom’s secrets begin to unravel, Violet must rely on her wit, courage, and the dangerous alliances she forms—because at Basgiath, only the strong make it out alive.