Publisher's Description[]
Centuries ago, Illarion was betrayed—a dragon made human against his will, then forced to serve humanity as a dragonmount in their army, and to fight for them in barbaric wars, even while he hated everything about them. Enslaved and separated from everyone he knew and from his own dragon brothers, he was forced into exile in a fey realm where he lost the only thing he ever really loved.
Now he has a chance to regain what’s been lost—to have the one thing he covets most. But only if he gives up his brothers and forsakes the oaths he holds most dear. Yet what terrifies him most isn’t the cost his happiness might incur, it’s the fact that there is just enough human in his dragon’s heart that he might actually be willing to pay it and betray everything and everyone—to see the entire world burn and the Were-Hunter clans fall—to sacrifice his own brothers—for his own selfish desire.
Long ago, Edilyn saved Illarion’s life and almost tamed the feral beast. Now she must stop him from fulfilling the Dragonmark prophecy or do what she was trained to do. Slay the dragon who spared her life to save the rest of humanity. Something that should be easy for a dragonslayer of her skills, yet nothing is ever as simple as it seems. And sometimes, just sometimes, the key to salvation lies not in the hands of your most trusted friends, but in those of your worst enemies.
Characters in Order of Appearance/Mention[]
Virag
Brenin Cynfryn
Morla
Nesta
Gryffyth
Emanon
Tarius Kattalakis
Nyx
Bracis
Sevira
Vyggo
Cercamon
Kynon ap Clydno
Morvyth
Urien[1]
Clydno Eiddin
Elidir
Modron
Gale
Hekate
Gwyn ap Nudd
Talfryn
Ioan
Queen Cordelia
Gwythyr ap Greidawl
Brother Eurig
Dagda
Starla Runningwolf
Britomartis
Arthegall ap Tyr
Bracken
Mysene
Ermon Kattalakis
Helena
Pherus
Cromus
Portheus
Demon[2]
Insidia
Nefas