**AN INSTANT NO.1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER** From the #1 Sunday Times and New York Times
bestselling author of Arcana Academy comes the first in a new heart-pounding fantasy duology
about a young woman who must survive a score of brutal tests and trials to escape her cursed
fate. The moment you see a dragon is usually your last... Since the dragons emerged -
along with the scourge that ravaged our lands and people - there's only one human city that
remains standing: Vingard. But the hellfire from above is nothing compared to the threat from
within. For there is no worse fate than being Dragon Cursed. Slowly and excruciatingly you'll
be transformed into a mindless beast who destroys everything - and everyone - you love. Any
of us could be tainted. Any of us could be lying. Any of us could be caught and killed by the
authorities. And I'm terrified that I might be next. There's only one other person who might
suspect my secret. He's like my shadow following me wherever I go. Part protector part
tormentor fully annoying. Sometimes I think I am just one of the million unfathomable secrets
he keeps hidden. Because Lucan definitely knows something. And if I'm Dragon Cursed death
might be the only mercy I get.
