Welcome to the elite and ruthless world of the dragonrider-only battle academy, from New York Times best-selling author Rebecca Yarros! Twenty-year-old Violet Sorrengail, who lives a quiet life among books and history, is expected to enter the Clerks' Corps. But the general - his mother, who is also known as a tough-as-claws - orders him to join the hundreds of candidates to become one of Navarre's elite - a dragon rider. But when you're smaller and more fragile than everyone else, dying is just a matter of time... because? dragons do not bond with “fragile” humans. They turn them into towers. Since the number of dragons willing to bond is less than the number of candidates, most candidates are ready to kill Violet to increase their chances of success. The rest want to kill her just because she is her mother's daughter - just like the strongest of the Riders Company. as well as the most ruthless wing leader, Xaden Riorson. Violet must use every ounce of her intelligence to even see the next sunrise. On the other hand, the war outside is becoming more deadly day by day - the kingdom's protective zones are being destroyed one by one, leaving many dead. The number is increasing. Even worse - Violet suspects that her leaders are hiding a terrible secret. Friends-enemies-lovers… Everyone at Basgiath Battle Academy has something to hide because? Once you enter this academy, there are only two ways to get out: by graduating or by dying. NUMBER OF PAGES - 672