Anticipation surrounded Violet Sorrengail’s potential demise in her inaugural year at Basgiath War College, a sentiment shared by all, including Violet herself. However, Threshing merely marked the commencement of improbable trials designed to sift out the feeble, the undeserving, and the unfortunate.
As the genuine training unfolds, Violet contemplates how to endure the challenges ahead. It’s not just the grueling and malicious brutality or the deliberate push to exceed the riders’ pain thresholds; it’s also the new vice commandant who has taken it upon himself to illustrate Violet’s powerlessness—unless she’s willing to betray the man she loves.
Despite Violet’s physically weaker and more fragile state compared to her peers, her sharp intellect and unyielding determination remain intact. She refuses to forget the fundamental lesson learned at Basgiath: Dragon riders forge their own path.
However, sheer determination to survive won’t suffice this year. Violet is privy to the ancient secret concealed for centuries within Basgiath War College, and she realizes that even the might of dragon fire may not be adequate to save them in the end.
