Tristin R. F. Worth

Author. Creator. Dreamer.

For twenty-seven years, Ailena has known nothing but the quiet life of a farmer's daughter. But when war reaches her village and soldiers arrive to enforce the king's conscription, the fragile peace of her life begins to unravel. Her brother Loyn is mysteriously spared from the draft, leaving Ailena to wonder why their grandfather is so determined to keep him out of the king's army.

Then Ailena meets a black cat who is no cat at all.

Cavateh is a storm dragon, hiding in plain sight—and his presence awakens something within Ailena. When soldiers arrive at the family farm, her newly awakened magic draws their attention. Their discovery exposes another secret her family has guarded for years: Loyn is bonded to Symonta, a fierce fire dragon.

With the king's forces hunting dragons and anyone capable of wielding magic, the siblings are forced to flee. Their grandfather sends them in search of the Shatterer, a mysterious rebel agent who may be their only chance of reaching the Scaleguard.

Once an alliance between dragons and humans devoted to peace, the Scaleguard has become a hidden rebellion fighting to free enslaved dragons and restore peace to the kingdom. But as Ailena struggles to master her newfound power, the Shatterer begins to suspect that she may be more important to their cause than anyone realizes.

A prophecy written more than twenty years ago foretold someone who would take back the crown. The Scaleguard has searched for that person ever since.

Ailena cannot imagine that it could be her.

She has spent her life feeling weaker and less capable than her brother, held back by an old injury and now by magic she can barely control. Yet while Ailena doubts herself, the Shatterer grows increasingly certain that the prophecy has finally found its subject.

And if he is right, Ailena will have to become the woman capable of taking a kingdom back from the king who stole it.