Fourth Wing (The Empyrean, #1)

by Rebecca Yarros

“Dragons only talk to their bonded riders, just like they only give their full name to their bonded rider. You should know that by now.”

“Here’s the thing, Sorrengail. Hope is a fickle, dangerous thing. It steals your focus and aims it toward the possibilities instead of keeping it where it belongs—on the probabilities.”

It is a grave offense against Malek to keep the belongings of a dead loved one. They belong in the beyond with the god of death and the departed. In the absence of a proper temple, any fire will do. He who does not burn for Malek will be burned by Malek.

“Nothing about who dragons choose is up to humans,” Kaori assures me.

Folklore is passed from one generation to the next to teach us about our past.

“One generation to change the text. One generation chooses to teach that text. The next grows, and the lie becomes history.”