When her grandmother dies whispering of dragons no one believes exist, nineteen-year-old Rune Veylen inherits a single promise and a hand-drawn map that burns in her pocket.
Dragons are myth. Tharros is legend. Yet the map points north — toward secrets Nonna carried to her grave, toward a world that may have forgotten how to breathe without wings.
With Gaeyl, a Vaelstryx who chose her as rider, and Zephyr Aurelian — a stranger whose quiet steadiness feels too dangerous to trust — Rune steps into the unknown. Every mile deepens the mystery: why did the dragons vanish? What is the Dragon King hiding? And why does the man at her side look at her like he’s already grieving what comes next?
One promise. One map. One companion who might save her — or break her.
Some legends are worth dying for. Some are worth everything.