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Three heroes. Three epic journeys. One magical world. Step into the dragon-filled realm of Torvald with this breathtaking collection of three complete trilogies—nine novels of unforgettable fantasy adventure, united by daring heroes, ancient magic, and the bond between dragon and rider. Neill Torvald seeks to prove himself to his warlord father, but a chance encounter with a runaway princess throws his destiny into chaos. With his kingdom in turmoil, Neill must rally the Dragon Riders and confront a rogue sorcerer to unite a fractured realm.

All her life, Winnie has dreamt of being a mage. But when her grandmother threatens to pull her out of school, Winnie needs to prove herself to the Fairspell Magic Academy, and fast! When she's chosen to travel with a delegation of mages to the capital of Fantis, she sees her chance. But Winnie's determination gets her mixed up in a mystery that threatens all magic in the kingdom. Soon, she finds herself imprisoned alongside a fierce dragon named Kygo, tormented by dangerous experiments that mix dragon and human sorcery. And making Winnie's own powers become erratic and dangerous.

Eva Thirsk is no dragon rider… She’s just a lonely orphan on an isolated farm. In her hopes of finding a new life for herself—and maybe learning more about her past—Eva enlists in the army. But when she’s put to work, she finds herself relegated to the lowest of jobs—cleaning the dragon stables.

Knowledge of the Dragon Tongue was buried ages ago. Without it, no human can be bound to a dragon, nor wield their magic against the sorcerous tyrant King Onyx. Cora knows her grandmother's stories of the old dragon riders by heart. But to her, they’re nothing more than fairy tales…until she encounters a dragon and discovers, to their mutual shock, that the lessons her grandmother taught her actually allow them to understand one another. As her friendship with the dragon, Alaric, grows, a bond between them begins to form. Can she be the start of a new age of dragon riders?

For centuries humans and dragons existed side by side, sharing a mystical bond. But no longer. After decades with no viable eggs, the survival of the Draconic species seems bleak. And the outlook for humans is little better, as rogue dragons raid and torment villages. In the kingdom of Alveria, seventeen-year-old Kaelen Younger is an outsider, surviving off scraps at the bottom of society. It’s a hard life, made even harder by her loyalty to the dragon crown.

The defeat of the Spirit King’s armies revealed his true plan to overthrow the Creator Goddess and claim her power. But the Spirit King isn’t about to go down without a fight. Now, with forces depleted from their successful campaign, Desiree Black will lead a weary Rebellion company into the Ancient Deeps. They have no choice but to stop the enemy from completing the ritual that will destroy the world. As skirmishes break out along the dangerous paths through the Deeps, though, one thing becomes painfully clear…everyone Dez cares about faces mortal danger.

Neill Torvald has lived his life in the shadow of his father’s iron rule. Now, the future of the warlord’s empire rests on Neill’s shoulders, and his journey to the mysterious Draconis Order monastery is his last chance to prove his worth. But when a vicious ambush nearly kills him, Neill realizes that the dangers ahead are far greater than anyone could have imagined.

A kingdom divided. A reluctant hero. A choice that could seal its fate. Neill never wanted to lead. Once a simple foot soldier for his father, he now faces an impossible mission: unite the fractured Middle Kingdom against the rising threat of the rogue sorcerer Ansall and his dragon, Zaxx. Doubt weighs heavy on Neill’s heart as he questions his ability to lead an army—especially with the lives of so many depending on his choices.

The only way to save Alveria is to end the war - by any means necessary. After horrendous losses among their ranks, the Untameables are still reeling, none more than Laini Unclaimed. The battles against the forces of Hel have stripped Laini of those she loves most. Now with Hel closing in, little hope remains to save the reincarnated gods trapped in the underworld, including the young man she loves. Until she hears about the Book of Death. Laini must race against the forces of darkness to restore her family and return the light to her dying world.

Eva’s visit home is cut short when Prince Francis arrives with an urgent mission. Her ability to sense Venistrare’s magic – the same ability that led to her saving the prince’s life – could help them find the key to undermining Venistrare’s power. There’s just one catch: her ability to use more than one kind of magic must remain secret.

Glade Io is a trained killer. Marked at a young age as an individual with violent tendencies, she was taken from her family and groomed to be a Datapoint—a biotech-enabled analyst who carries out the Culling. She is designed to identify and destroy any potential humans that threaten the colonies: those marked as lawbreakers, unproductive or sick. But when she’s kidnapped by rogue colonists known as the Ferrymen, everything Glade thinks she knows about the colonies, and The Authority that runs them, collapses into doubt.

The battle for Torvald begins. Bower, the reluctant heir to a fallen noble house, has inherited a destiny he never wanted: to rise as Torvald’s rightful king and free his people from the cruel grip of King Enric. With war looming, Bower must confront not only his enemies but his own self-doubt. By his side stands Saffron, a fierce and unyielding Dragon Rider whose power may hold the key to victory. Together, they forge an alliance with Ryland, a charismatic but untrustworthy leader of rogue Dragon Riders, uniting a fractured rebellion against the Dark Mage king.

Dragon Rider Saffron and her steadfast ally, the rightful king Bower, have emerged victorious from their first battle—but the war for Torvald is far from won. With King Enric—Saffron’s own blood—scheming in the shadows, the stakes have never been higher. The ruthless mage knows Saffron longs for the family she lost, and his sinister offer to make her his heir could unravel everything she fights for.

Agathea Flamma and Sebastian Smith face an unstoppable force as the Darkening sweeps across the land, threatening to consume everything. With their families fractured by war and betrayal lurking in every shadow, one wrong move could doom the kingdom.

Desiree Black’s foster family welcomed her years ago, but most of the villagers merely tolerate the 17-year-old’s presence with barely concealed hatred - and fear. Dez herself can’t stomach remembering the strange power that rose up inside her and left her brother with a shattered arm. The only peace she finds from others’ accusing stares is in the misty swamps surrounding the village. Swamps that have long held mystical secrets. Secrets that are ready to be exposed.

It’s been decades since the deadly GM virus decimated humanity, but the world continues to hold out for a cure. Hidden underground in the dark, GEOs remain, what’s left of the population as Farrow Corp works tirelessly in their never-ending search for a miracle. For seventeen-year-old Tylia Coder, survival is all she knows. With virus mutations continuing to spread, Tylia must either watch her ailing mother be ravaged by illness or hack her way into the terrifying Acceptance trials and face the infected world above to save her family.

The Spirit King is dead, but young dragon rider Pieter’s wounds still run deep. His dragon Gloriox is determined to help him heal, but when their travels bring them to the realm of Chamenos, they quickly discover that Gloriox’s niece has been captured. And every other dragon has gone missing. With their newfound friends Ziggy and Rosa, Pieter and Gloriox scour the land to find Gloriox’s niece. But their search is made even more dangerous by a tyrant king, who’s determined to find the first dragon’s bones—and will kill anyone who gets in his way.

Char, the illegitimate daughter of the Northern Prince, longs for peace in a world on the brink of war. But when the ancient and devious dragon Zaxx tasks her with retrieving a lost crown from her family’s palace, she cannot refuse—if she succeeds, he promises to allow something unprecedented: the dragon hoard to choose their riders.

The Aurium lied in order to get a foothold in the realm of Ragond, creating a plague and putting all dragons at risk before they magically appeared at the last moment to fix it. Young dragon rider Kira is determined to reveal their treachery and stop them from doing any further damage to her people. The question is, how can she do that when the Council is being controlled by evil magic, and General Ignatius has everyone convinced that Kira is their enemy? Kira and her friends will need to rally troops who have no reason to trust her, and unite forces who have always been at odds.

Born to the sea but called to the skies, can Lila embrace her true destiny as a Dragon Rider before it's too late? In the storm-swept Western Archipelago where Sea Dragons rule the skies, Lila is destined to inherit her father's plundering ships. But Lila envisions a new path: transforming the Raiders into Dragon Riders who defend the seas instead of ravaging them. When Danu, a young monk on a mysterious quest, arrives with a prophecy, he reveals that Lila is the lost heir of the Sea Crown—a born Dragon Rider.