Fiction by Samantha Shannon
The story begins with Tane', a young woman who aspires to attain one of the highest positions in her society: to be a dragon rider. She has completed all the requirements when, on the night before her Choosing Ceremony, she sees a stranger emerging from the sea.
Meanwhile, on the other side of the world, a young woman called Ead has been assigned to protect Queen Sabran of the West, whose bloodline is, according to prophecy, the only thing preventing the rise of the evil Nameless One, who had once almost destroyed the world.
This 800-plus-page behemoth took me a while to read, especially because it kept switching characters. It was still good, though. I liked that it was female-centered, unlike most fantasy novels.
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