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Twenty-year-old Violet Sorrengail was supposed to enter the Scribe Quadrant, living a quiet life among books and history. Now, the commanding general?also known as her tough-as-talons mother?has ordered Violet to join the hundreds of candidates striving to become the elite of Navarre: dragon riders. But when you’re smaller than everyone else and your body is brittle, death is only a heartbeat away…because dragons don’t bond to “fragile” humans. They incinerate them. With fewer dragons willing to bond than cadets, most would kill Violet to better their own chances of success. The rest would kill her just for being her mother’s daughter?like Xaden Riorson, the most powerful and ruthless wingleader in the Riders Quadrant. She’ll need every edge her wits can give her just to see the next sunrise. Yet, with every day that passes, the war outside grows more deadly, the kingdom’s protective wards are failing, and the death toll continues to rise. Even worse, Violet begins to suspect leadership is hiding a terrible secret. Friends, enemies, lovers. Everyone at Basgiath War College has an agenda?because once you enter, there are only two ways out: graduate or die. The year's biggest book sensation and #1 New York Times bestseller returns in this completely jaw-dropping special edition, featuring: * a stunning, revamped cover * gorgeous new endpapers * black sprayed edges ...plus two bonus chapters from Xaden's point of view!

Everyone expected Violet Sorrengail to die during her first year at Basgiath War College, Violet included. But Threshing was only the first impossible test meant to weed out the weak-willed, the unworthy, and the unlucky. Now the real training begins, and Violet's already wondering how she'll get through. It's not just that it's grueling and maliciously brutal, or even that it's designed to stretch the riders' capacity for pain beyond endurance. It's the new vice commandant, who's made it his personal mission to teach Violet exactly how powerless she is - unless she betrays the man she loves. Although Violet's body might be weaker and frailer than everyone else's, she still has her wits, and a will of iron. And leadership is forgetting the most important lesson Basgiath has taught her: Dragon riders make their own rules. But a determination to survive won't be enough this year. Because Violet knows the real secret hidden for centuries at Basgiath War College - and nothing, not even dragon fire, may be enough to save them in the end.

Lépj a sárkánylovasok képzésére szolgáló katonai iskola falai közé, és ismerd meg ezt az elit és brutális világot a bestseller szerző Rebecca Yarros regényéből! A húszéves Violet Sorrengail egész eddigi életében azt hitte, a történelem tanulmányozása lesz a feladata az Írnok Kvadránsban az imádott könyvek között. Azonban az iskola vezénylő tábornoka – aki egyszemélyben a lány kőkemény anyja – megparancsolja, hogy Violetnek be kell lépnie a többszáz jelölt közé, akik Navarre elitjéhez, a sárkánylovasokhoz akarnak tartozni. Ha mindenkinél kisebb és törékenyebb vagy, akkor csak egy hajszál választ el a haláltól... mondjuk azért, mert a sárkányok nem választanak ki „törékeny" embereket, hanem felperzselik őket. Ráadásul, amikor kevesebb a kapcsolódni hajlandó sárkány, mint kadét, nem meglepő, hogy a többség szívesen végezne Violettel, hogy ezzel is növelje a saját esélyeit a sikerre. A többiek pedig azért ölnék meg, mert az anyja lánya; köztük van Xaden Riorson is, a Lovasok Kvadránsának leghatalmasabb és legkönyörtelenebb szárnyvezére is. Violetnek minden ravaszságára szüksége lesz, hogy minden újabb napfelkelte életben találja. Közben az iskola falain túl dúló háború egyre gyilkosabb, a királyság védelmét szolgáló erődítmények sorban elesnek, és egyre többen halnak meg. A helyzeten tovább ront, hogy Violet gyanakodni kezd, hogy a vezetés rettenetes titkot rejteget. Barátok, ellenségek, szeretők. A Basgiath Hadi Iskolában mindenkinek határozott tervei vannak, mert ha valaki egyszer bekerül, onnan csak két kiút van: lediplomázni vagy meghalni.

Life's too short to play it safe... Since her sister's death, twenty-year-old Paisley Donovan has been treated like delicate glass by her parents. She may share her sister's heart condition, but nothing will stop her from completing her Bucket List, even if it kills her. And it almost does, until Jagger Bateman pulls her from the ocean and breathes more than air into her lungs?he sets her soul on fire. Jagger is enrolled in the country's toughest flight school. He's wickedly hot, reckless, and perfect for a girl looking to live life to the fullest. Except that Paisley is the commanding general's daughter, and her boyfriend is Jagger's biggest rival. Now Paisley must decide just how much to risk for a guy who makes her heart pound a little too hard. They're flying through dangerous territory?and one wrong move could make them crash and burn... The Flight & Glory series is best enjoyed in order. Reading Order: Book #1 Full Measures Book #2 Eyes Turned Skyward Book #3 Beyond What is Given Book #4 Hallowed Ground Book #5 The Reality of Everything

She knew. That's why Mom hadn't opened the door. She knew he was dead. Twenty years as an army brat and Ember Howard knew, too. The soldiers at the door meant her dad was never coming home. What she didn't know was how she would find the strength to singlehandedly care for her crumbling family when her mom falls apart. Then Josh Walker enters her life. Hockey star, her new next-door neighbor, and not to mention the most delicious hands that insist on saving her over and over again. He has a way of erasing the pain with a single look, a single touch. As much as she wants to turn off her feelings and endure the heartache on her own, she can't deny their intense attraction. Until Josh's secret shatters their world. And Ember must decide if he's worth the risk that comes with loving a man who could strip her bare. The Flight & Glory series is best enjoyed in order. Reading Order: Book #1 Full Measures Book #2 Eyes Turned Skyward Book #3 Beyond What is Given Book #4 Hallowed Ground Book #5 The Reality of Everything

Twenty-year-old Violet Sorrengail was supposed to enter the Scribe Quadrant, living a quiet life among books and history. Now, the commanding general - also known as her tough-as-talons mother - has ordered Violet to join the hundreds of candidates striving to become the elite of Navarre: dragon riders. But when you're smaller than everyone else and your body is brittle, death is only a heartbeat away . . . because dragons don't bond to 'fragile' humans. They incinerate them. With fewer dragons willing to bond than cadets, most would kill Violet to better their own chances of success. The rest would kill her just for being her mother's daughter - like Xaden Riorson, the most powerful and ruthless wingleader in the Riders Quadrant. She'll need every edge her wits can give her just to see the next sunrise. Yet, with every day that passes, the war outside grows more deadly, the kingdom's protective wards are failing, and the death toll continues to rise. Even worse, Violet begins to suspect leadership is hiding a terrible secret. Alliances will be forged. Lives will be lost. Traitors will become allies... or even lovers. But sleep with one eye open because once you enter, there are only two ways out: graduate or die.

Enter the brutal and elite world of a war college for dragon riders from #1 New York Times bestselling author Rebecca Yarros Twenty-year-old Violet Sorrengail was supposed to enter the Scribe Quadrant, living a quiet life among books and history. Now, the commanding general?also known as her tough-as-talons mother?has ordered Violet to join the hundreds of candidates striving to become the elite of Navarre: dragon riders. But when you’re smaller than everyone else and your body is brittle, death is only a heartbeat away...because dragons don’t bond to “fragile” humans. They incinerate them. With fewer dragons willing to bond than cadets, most would kill Violet to better their own chances of success. The rest would kill her just for being her mother’s daughter?like Xaden Riorson, the most powerful and ruthless wingleader in the Riders Quadrant. She’ll need every edge her wits can give her just to see the next sunrise. Yet, with every day that passes, the war outside grows more deadly, the kingdom's protective wards are failing, and the death toll continues to rise. Even worse, Violet begins to suspect leadership is hiding a terrible secret. Friends, enemies, lovers. Everyone at Basgiath War College has an agenda?because once you enter, there are only two ways out: graduate or die. The Empyrean series is best enjoyed in order. Reading Order: Book #1 Fourth Wing Book #2 Iron Flame Book #3 Onyx Storm

„Ez a könyv magával ragadó, és szívszakasztóan hiteles. Kihagyhatatlan olvasmány. Tele van érzékiséggel, fájdalommal és örömmel. Ne habozz most azonnal elolvasni!” – Ken McLaughlin, a New York Times és az USA Today bestseller listáján szereplő író Tudta. Anya ezért nem akarta kinyitni az ajtót. Mert tudta, hogy meghalt. Ember Howard 20 éves, és apja mindig is katona volt. Ő is tudta az igazságot. Az ajtóban katonák álltak, ami azt jelentette, hogy az apja nem tér haza többé. Amit azonban nem tudott, hogy honnan talál majd magában annyi erőt, hogy a gyászba belerokkant édesanyja helyett összetartsa a családot. Aztán belép az életébe Josh Walker. A hokicsapat sztárja, közvetlen szomszédjuk, nem is beszélve arról, hogy az érintése különösen gyengéd, és újra és újra megmenti Ember életét. Van benne valami, ami miatt egyetlen pillantása vagy egyetlen érintése elűz minden fájdalmat. Ember bármennyire is szeretné kikapcsolni az érzelmeit, és egymaga megbirkózni a gyásszal, nem tagadhatja a kettejük között kialakuló vibrálást. Aztán Josh titka darabokra töri az egész világát, és Embernek döntenie kell, hogy megéri-e kockázatot vállalni egy olyan férfi szerelméért, aki talán elpusztítja a lelkét.