The Stormwing Chronicles Books in Order

An isolating assignment follows Ryn and Thero’s suspension, until an officer secretly contacting her is murdered. The empire moves against anyone approaching the truth, forcing the pair to confront both the tightening conspiracy and the feelings they have avoided acknowledging.

A dignitary’s assassination during Ryn and Thero’s escort mission draws them into imperial politics. Their antagonism begins turning into attraction, but unexplained reactions to Ryn suggest that the danger surrounding her involves more than a failed assignment.

After losing her drake and place in the Stormwing Corps, Ryn bonds with a creature that killed every previous rider. Former commander Thero offers a conditional second chance, while evidence suggests powerful enemies deliberately engineered her downfall.

Ryn and Thero enter the empire’s oldest territories, where strangers recognize her and their assigned target can expose the throne’s secrets. Defying orders to protect the mission brings them close to death and forces an admission that changes their relationship.

Ryn must seek support from territories she once helped suppress, where old grievances threaten the rebellion’s alliances. A powerful lord demands she publicly claim the throne, forcing her and Thero to confront the political and personal consequences of that declaration.

Outmatched in open war, the rebellion depends on Ryn’s theory about bonded riders and drakes. An old conspirator returns with a weapon designed to destroy that possibility, threatening both their military hopes and the people closest to her.

The empire’s counterattack costs the rebellion territory and confidence, deepening Ryn’s disagreement with Thero over survival. Separated with her drake, she begins uncovering a truth about their bond that could change the conflict if she lives to use it.

Ryn leads a costly final struggle for an imperial throne she never wanted, while the conspirator behind her persecution targets her defining bond. The battle demands choices about leadership, sacrifice and what the empire should become after its long deception.

Coordinated attacks repeat the circumstances of Ryn’s earlier downfall, drawing her into a trap she recognizes but cannot abandon. Exposure of the conspiracy and her lineage forces difficult choices as losses threaten to destroy the people and bonds sustaining her.

Ryn and Thero flee the empire with one drake and a historian carrying dangerous knowledge. A rebellion gathers around her disputed name, but discovering that Thero has helped build it without her consent threatens their newly stable connection.