The epic sequel to Taran Matharu's instant Sunday Times bestseller Dragon Rider in which
empires fall and dragons soar... 'A dazzlingly epic and richly complex world of dragons magic
and rebellion' Amélie Wen Zhao on Dragon Rider Jai dreams of being a dragon rider. He dreams of
freedom from the Sabine Empire and a world in which he can lead his people the Kidara to
freedom. But even though he has his dragon Winter she is still growing just as he's still
growing in his own power. And the road to victory is even more fraught than he had hoped...
Because even when he finds a tribe on the Great Steppe they are not his people. They are the
outcasts the Tainted and he finds that he knows little of the political intricacies that take
place in these vast grasslands. He is a stranger amongst his own kind for Jai's uncle rules
and is loath to cede power to his nephew. But the legionaries and Gryphon Guard of the Sabine
Empire are wreaking havoc against the other tribes of the Great Steppe and Jai is forced to
learn a lifetime's worth of knowledge in a matter of months. From levelling up his magic to
becoming a true warrior saving the woman he loves and strengthening his bond with Winter Jai
is a dragon rider with a massive weight on his young shoulders. And his greatest hope is that
the shoulders of Winter will soon be strong enough to help carry him . READ THE EPIC FANTASY
SERIES WITH SCORCHING FIVE-STAR READER REVIEWS ¿¿¿¿¿ 'Dragons with depth... Taran Matharu
masterfully layers the history politics and soulful magic of his world with page-turning ease
all the while delivering shocks bloodshed and a splash of slow-burn spice' Cari Thomas Sunday
Times bestselling author of Threadneedle 'Eragon and Sapphira Laurence and Temeraire and now
Jai and Winter. A brilliant beginning!' Michael R. Miller bestselling author of the Songs of
Chaos series 'Bloody glorious and irresistibly compelling Dragon Rider is a riveting epic
that is at once sweepingly vast and heart-wrenchingly personal' Sarah Beth Durst award-winning
author of The Bone Maker 'Brutal politics intricate worldbuilding and edge-of-the-seat
battles' Prashanth Srivatsa author of The Spice Gate 'A classic fantasy adventure that reminds
me of the novels I loved growing up but with a flair of cultivation from the novels I love
now' Will Wight New York Times bestselling author of the Cradle series
