Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros – Book Two in the Empyrean Series
The first year was survival. The second year will test everything.

Violet Sorrengail was expected to die in her first year at Basgiath War College—maybe even expected it herself. But the real challenge is only beginning. Threshing was just the start of a brutal, relentless training designed to break the weak and forge the worthy.

Now, with a merciless new vice commandant targeting her—and forcing impossible choices between power and love—Violet’s fragile body might not be enough. But her sharp mind and iron will remind her: dragon riders don’t just follow rules. They make them.

Yet the deepest threat isn’t the pain or the politics—it’s the ancient secret buried deep within Basgiath’s walls. A secret so dangerous, not even dragon fire can guarantee their survival.

🔥 Tropes: survival, impossible choices, enemies to allies, fierce heroine
🔥 For fans of epic fantasy, high stakes, and relentless grit
🔥 Book two in the Empyrean series — where every rule can be rewritten… or broken
⚠️ New adult fantasy with dragons, danger, and determination

“The first year is when some of us lose our lives. The second year is when the rest of us lose our humanity.” —Xaden Riorson