VGC plus. Piatkus, 2023. First UK edition-7th printing (7 9 10 8). Black hardback (brown lettering to the spine, scratch on the front cover, two small dents on the edges of the cover), with Dj (a couple of creases, scratches and small nicks on the edges of the back Dj cover), both in VGc plus. Illustrated inside the front and back covers, b/w plan, map. Nice and clean pages with two small marks and ink marks on the outer edges, light shelf wear on the Dj cover. 629pp. Price un-clipped. Heavy book. This is another paragraph Book Description: She survived her first year at Basgiath War College . . . but the danger is only beginning. 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.
