Synopsis

In 1923, in an alternate London, a young girl accidentally breaks the fragile truce between dragons and humans, setting off an epic story. Dragons soar in the sky while protests rage in the streets, but Vivien Featherswallow isn’t worried. She plans to get a summer internship to study dragon languages ​​and ensure her younger sister doesn’t have to grow up as a Third Class. To do so, she must free a dragon.

At midnight, Viv triggers a civil war. With her parents and cousin imprisoned and her sister missing, Viv is taken to Bletchley Park as a codebreaker. If she succeeds, she can save her family and return home. If she fails, they will all die. As she unravels the secrets of the dragons’ hidden language, Viv realizes that the fragile peace treaty between humans and dragons is corrupt and that her work could bring everything to its knees.

Author: SF Williamson