One crown can unite them—or destroy them all.

The three kingdoms lie splintered, their dragon riders fading into legends of past victories. But they’re need now more than ever when a new threat rises in the North. Lady Inyene, a cunning noblewoman, fuels her conquest with mechanical dragons forged from stolen resources. Her ambition? Seize the High Throne and wield the Stone Crown, an artifact of untold power said to unite—or destroy—the realms.

Narissea, a nineteen-year-old prisoner branded for her defiance, has spent years toiling in the mines for a crime she didn’t commit. When whispers of Inyene’s war reach her ravaged village, Narissea risks a final, desperate escape. Failure will cost her life, but fate intervenes when she stumbles upon an injured dragon and an ancient shrine. There, she uncovers the truth about the Stone Crown—and the horrors behind Inyene’s mechanical creations.

Narissea’s path is clear: infiltrate Inyene’s inner circle, uncover her secrets, and stop her before the realms fall. But doing so may demand the ultimate sacrifice: the freedom she’s fought for her entire life.

The crown’s power could save the kingdoms—or doom them all.

This book has since been republished with updates. This audiobook is based on the original edition.