In Julie Kagawa’s groundbreaking contemporary fantasy series,dragons walk among us in individual form.

Long ago, dragons were hunted to close to extinction simply by theOrder of St. George, a famous culture of dragon slayers. Hiding in humanform and developing their figures in secret, the dragons of Talon have becomestrong and cunning, and they’re positioned to take over the globe with humansnone the wiser.

Ember and Dante Hill will be the only sister and sibling knownto dragonkind. Trained to infiltrate society, Ember about Talon wants to live the teenexperience and revel in a summer months of independence before acquiring her destined place inTalon. But destiny is definitely a matter of perspective, and a rogue dragon will soonchallenge everything Ember has been taught. As Ember struggles to simply accept herfuture, she and her brother are hunted from the Purchase of St. George.

Soldier Garret Xavier Sebastian includes a mission to get anddestroy most dragons, and Talon’s newest recruits in particular. But he cannotkill unless he’s certain he offers found his prey-and nothing is certain aboutEmber Hill. Faced with Ember’s bravery, confidence, and all-too-human desires,Garret starts to question everything that the order has ingrained in him-andwhat he could be willing to give up to find the truth about dragons.