For thirty years Targa Tik has ridden dragons for Astrea, the floating city. Having faced death in every form, she has no room left for sorrow. No mercy. No fear. She kills when ordered, doing her duty without question, putting no value on any life, not even her own.
When a death leads to Targa’s promotion, she encounters a city bureaucracy that is myopic, corrupt, and ineffective. To improve the Dragon Rider program, she must start an impossible fight against entrenched interests, kicking open the doors of opportunity to mentor a new generation of women riders. She’ll defy everyone if she must, and so she releases a tempest that shakes heavens, one which can only eventually leads to her ultimate demise.
This volume collects the Swan Song series into a single volume: All the Saints Are Dead, The Wind Before the Storm, A Crown of Silver Stars, and The Phoenix and The Swan.
eFestivalOfWords Independent Book Awards declared A Crown of Silver Stars finalist for Best Fantasy Novel (High Fantasy/Sword and Sorcery).