Dreams don’t make riders. Birth and blood do.

Iden has spent four years tending to Stormwatch’s griffons. He feeds them, calms them, and cleans out their stalls. No one knows the creatures better than he does. But stablehands aren’t meant to bond. They’re meant to stay invisible.

When a disgraced griffon slated for execution chooses Iden, it shatters everything Stormwatch believes about power, loyalty, and worth. Their bond is forbidden, but it cannot be undone. Branded an impossible rider, Iden must survive a system that was never meant to let him rise.

With war approaching and betrayal already inside Stormwatch’s walls, Iden must learn what it means to be a rider… before it’s too late.