Fourth Wing
Twenty-year-old Violet Sorrengail is forced to join the ruthless dragon riders' quadrant at a war college, where survival depends on bonding with a dragon and navigating deadly rivals.
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What you might want to know about Fourth Wing
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Pushed by her general mother into the dragonrider quadrant of an elite war college, a brittle-jointed scribe candidate has to survive a school where most cadets do not graduate. First in the Empyrean series.
Yes. Fourth Wing has multiple explicit romance scenes alongside its dragonrider war academy plot. Most readers rate it 3 to 4 out of 5 on the spice scale, comparable to Sarah J. Maas's adult fantasy. The romance is central to the story, not a side element.
Yes. Fourth Wing has multiple explicit romance scenes alongside its dragonrider war academy plot. Most readers rate it 3 to 4 out of 5 on the spice scale, comparable to Sarah J. Maas's adult fantasy. The romance is central to the story, not a side element.
The Empyrean is planned as a five-book series by Rebecca Yarros. The first three, Fourth Wing, Iron Flame, and Onyx Storm, are out. Two more are planned to complete the series, with new entries arriving roughly every 12 to 18 months.
Yes. Amazon MGM Studios acquired the screen rights to Fourth Wing and announced a television adaptation in 2023. A premiere date has not been confirmed.
Fourth Wing is published as an adult fantasy novel, not YA. While the protagonist Violet Sorrengail is 20, the book contains explicit sex scenes and graphic violence that place it firmly in the adult market.
Fourth Wing was written by Rebecca Yarros, published in 2023 by Entangled: Red Tower Books.
Fourth Wing is 420 pages in standard print editions, though page counts vary slightly between hardcover, paperback, and large-print formats.
At an average reading pace of about 250 words per minute, Fourth Wing takes most readers 6 to 9 hours to finish.
Yes. Fourth Wing is book 1 in the The Empyrean series by Rebecca Yarros.
Fourth Wing is available in hardcover, paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats from Amazon, Bookshop.org, ThriftBooks, and most major bookstores.
