Fourth Wing
Dragons, a war college, and a forbidden love that could get everyone killed. Yarros wrote the fantasy novel a whole generation was waiting for.
Riders of Navarre
Rebecca Yarros's 2023 novel follows Violet Sorrengail, a young woman with a fragile body who is forced by her general mother to enter Basgiath War College, where cadets must bond with dragons or die trying. The college is brutal, the politics are treacherous, and the most dangerous thing of all is the pull she feels toward Xaden Riorson, the son of a rebel leader who has every reason to want her dead. The novel became an instant bestseller and sparked a publishing phenomenon, spawning sequels, merchandise, and a devoted global readership virtually overnight.
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"The only way to guarantee your own safety is to be the most powerful person in the room.
"Rebecca Yarros · Fourth Wing
Yarros wrote the novel while managing a chronic illness and raising six children including three adopted sons with significant trauma histories. She has been open about how writing fantasy is how she processes the hardest parts of her real life.
The novel sold over a million copies in its first month and spent over 52 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list. It revived the romantasy subgenre and sparked a wave of similar books across the publishing industry.