Iron Flame (The Empyrean #2)
Rebecca Yarros
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· 419 ratings · 512 pages · Published: 07 Nov 2023
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.
The Empyrean series is best enjoyed in order.
Reading Order:
Book #1 Fourth Wing
Book #2 Iron Flame
Tagged as:
- fantasy 42
- military 40
- war 37
- magic 33
- new adult 32
- disabilities & scars 32
- tortured hero 32
- competent heroine 30
- take-charge heroine 27
- enemies to lovers 26
- first person pov 26
- alpha male 23
- warlord/commander hero 23
- gifted/super-heroine 22
- high fantasy 20
- tortured heroine 20
- royal hero 20
- angst 18
- possessive hero 16
- independent heroine 15
- college 14
- sassy heroine 13
- grumpy/cold hero 12
- height difference 12
- dangerous heroine 11
- abduction 10
- vengeance 10
- warrior heroine 10
- m-f romance 10
- forced proximity 9
- monsters 8
- fighter hero 8
- bad boys 6
- other man/woman 6
- political/court intrigue 6
- good grovel 5
- hurt/comfort 4
- mystery 3
- class difference 2
- Add topics
- content warnings
- death / grief 29
- animal death 19
- abuse 16
- third party abuse 9
- torture of mcs 9
- mental trauma 7
- torture of side characters 6
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The 'The Empyrean' series
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