Princess Aurelia spends her youth insulated within frozen palace walls until famine and approaching war force her kingdom to make an unthinkable sacrifice. To secure food and military protection for her starving populace, Aurelia is bartered into marriage to Vane, the ruthless dragon sovereign commanding the fearsome Blackclaw horde across burning volcanic skies.
Arriving in a harsh mountain fortress where strength dictates survival, Aurelia expects cruel servitude under her beast-riding conqueror. Instead, she encounters a disciplined warrior whose volcanic dragons respond uniquely to her dormant royal bloodline. As treacherous northern ministers plot to assassinate Vane and trigger total warfare, Aurelia must claim her rightful place in the skies before both empires burn to ashes.
