House of Dragons (House of Dragons, #1)

by Jessica Cluess

Gods dream of empires, but devils build them.

A true leader understood that war and peace could be equally dangerous. In wartime, the people could rebel out of anger. In peace, the nobles could scheme out of boredom.

Was it wrong to strive to live? Wrong to be just a little bit selfish?

“They say that love should be boundless, As high and as deep as the sky. And yet no embrace can compete with the chase, Of a dragon for clouds passing by.”