"Twenty-year-old Violet Sorrengail was supposed to enter the Scribe Quadrant, living a quiet life among books and history. Now, the commanding general--also known as her tough-as-talons mother--has ordered Violet to join the hundreds of candidates striving to become the elite of Navarre: dragon riders. But when you're smaller than everyone else and your body is brittle, death is only a heartbeat away...because dragons don't bond to "fragile" humans....

A war orphan rises from her humble beginnings to become a powerful military commander, and perhaps her country's only hope for survival.

"A girl from the forest enlists at Pennyroyal Academy, where princesses and knights are trained to battle the two great menaces of the day: witches and dragons"--

As the war draws closer and secrets are revealed, Orelia, Arran, Vesper, and Cormak, along with others at the Quatra Fleet Academy, face significant changes and new challenges.

America's sweetheart, Megan Valentine, has been humiliated in the public eye after her latest movie is declared a bomb. A crooked accountant has left her broke. After she wanders from the wreckage of a car accident, she enlists in the U.S. Army hoping in vain that it will change her life. Now, there's no star treatment, no stunt doubles and no second takes. But with the help of the other recruits, she'll find the motivation she needs to be all she...