PLEASE NOTE: The limited edition with stained edges is sold out but we invite you to purchase an unstained edition--same captivating story same heart-pounding read! Discover the instant #1 New York Times bestseller! TV series now in development at MGM Amazon Studios with Michael B. Jordan s Outlier Society. Accolades for Fourth Wing Amazon Best Books of the Year #4 - Apple Best Books of the Year 2023 - Barnes & Noble Best Fantasy Book of 2023 ( Fourth Wing and Iron Flame ) - NPR Books We Love 2023 - Audible Best Books of 2023 - Hudson Book of the Year - Google Play Best Books of 2023 - Indigo Best Books of 2023 - Waterstones Book of the Year finalist - Goodreads Choice Award semi-finalist - Newsweek Staffers Favorite Books of 2023 - Paste Magazine s Best Books of 2023 The first year is when some of us lose our lives. The second year is when the rest of us lose our humanity. --Xaden Riorson 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