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Fourth Wing (The Empyrean, 1)

By Rebecca Yarros

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A #1 New York Times bestseller • TV series in development at MGM Amazon Studios with Michael B. Jordan’s Outlier Society • Amazon Best Books of the Year, #4 • Apple Best Books of the Year 2023 • Barnes & Noble Best Fantasy Book of 2023 • 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 Winner • Newsweek Staffers’ Favorite Books of 2023 • Paste Magazine's Best Books of 2023

"Suspenseful, sexy, and with incredibly entertaining storytelling, the first in Yarros' Empyrean series will delight fans of romantic, adventure-filled fantasy." —Booklist, starred review

"Fourth Wing will have your heart pounding from beginning to end... A fantasy like you've never read before." ―#1 New York Times bestselling author Jennifer L. Armentrout

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

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makenziegillette

May 05, 2025

10/10 stars

To have a book so intensely capture the reader from the very start and continue that momentum throughout the full story is just

Serena Smith

May 05, 2025

10/10 stars

Such a fun adventures slightly saucy book! Can’t wait to continue the journey.

AliReeves

May 05, 2025

10/10 stars

This book got me back into falling in love with reading! I loved the characters, storyline, plot twists, and romance. It was very easy for me to envision the world Rebecca created. I found myself not wanting to put it down. I found Violets character to be self centered at some points throughout the book, but enjoyed the narrative overall from her perspective. I am so excited to see how the story’s direction will change based on how the book ended. I felt just as blindsided at the end as the characters did themselves. I would 100% recommend this book to anyone who love romance, fantasy, strong female leads, and in depth story writing.

tayloractuallyreads

May 02, 2025

10/10 stars

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b_marie

May 01, 2025

I am dumb. I should have listened to everyone and read this book sooner because it was great. This book reminded me why I love fantasy (more like romantasy). It was fast paced and kept me hooked from the first chapter. Tarin is my favorite and if I had to pick a dragon it would be him. Violet is so strong and with the Author having a similar illness to her, it just made the book even more powerful. I loved the sarcastic responses throughout the book; they made story fun and gave a break from the life threating things that were happening. I read this in two days. There are many twists and turns that when I read them, I had to go back and reread them because I couldn't believe it.