Iron Flame

Everyone expected Violet Sorrengail to die during her first year at Basgiath War College--Violet included. But Threshing was only the first impossible test meant to weed out the weak-willed, the unworthy, and the unlucky. Now the real training begins, and Violet`s already wondering how she`ll get through. It`s not just that it`s grueling and maliciously brutal, or even that it`s designed to stretch the riders` capacity for pain beyond endurance. It`s the new vice commandant, who`s made it his personal mission to teach Violet exactly how powerless she is-unless she betrays the man she loves. Although Violet`s body might be weaker and frailer than everyone else`s, she still has her wits--and a will of iron. And leadership is forgetting the most important lesson Basgiath has taught her: Dragon riders make their own rules. But a determination to survive won`t be enough this year. Because Violet knows the real secret hidden for centuries at Basgiath War College--and nothing, not even dragon fire, may be enough to save them in the end.