A dragon rider. A biplane pilot. Two enemy nations, one epic love story.
Her mother is dead. Her kingdom has fallen. And the person to blame for it is the man Essa loves—Charlie, a famed biplane pilot from the enemy nation across the sea. But Charlie is gone now, flown back to the cursed country he came from, and Essa and her surviving band of dragon riders fight to protect what’s left of their kingdom.
Essa soon learns that the young dragon bonded with Charlie is a stellhan, the most powerful of all dragon types. He could be the key to winning her kingdom back—if only his bond to the traitorous Charlie were severed. The only way to break a dragon bond? Death.
Essa flies across the sea, leaving her fantastical homeland for a city full of skyscrapers, streetcars, and jazz. She’s determined to kill her former lover, free the powerful baby dragon from its bond, and take her kingdom back. The only thing that could possibly stand in her way?
Charlie still loves her.
