From award-winning author Natalie Wright, a sumptuous world of mages and rogues, dragons and dragomancers, mystery, myth, and court intrigue.

When a dragon destroys Quen’s village, she joins the dragon hunt but soon discovers SHE is the hunted.

Quen works for her father, tanning hides and waiting for her tides to turn. Everyone she grew up with has already committed to a herdclan. But Quen was born cursed with a second, shadow soul. Sensing her oddity, animals run from Quen, making her unsuitable for binding to a herdclan. On the cusp of her twentieth year, Quen is at risk of becoming pesha—no one.

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Quen’s life is forever changed when a dragon burns her village and kills loved ones. Fueled by a quest for vengeance, Quen joins vigilantes hunting the dragon. She finds kinship and a chance for love, but Quen will lose it all if anyone discovers her secret. For within Quen beats a second heart, and only one of her souls will survive this Season of the Dragon.

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Can Quen overcome her curse and unite her warring souls? Or will her shadow soul consume her and everyone she loves?

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The fate of her homeland and everyone she loves hangs in the balance.

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