The kingdom believes dragons are extinct. They are wrong. On the eve of her twentieth birthday, Princess Aurelia is destined for more than the throne she is fated to tame a dragon. But when she unseals an ancient prison hidden deep within the mountains, she does not find a mindless beast. She finds Tanwen a dragon shifter cursed to take the form of a monster, a warrior betrayed by love, and the last hope of a kingdom on the brink of war. Bound by prophecy and an unbreakable bond, Aurelia and Tanwen must fight for a future neither of them was meant to have. But as battle lines are drawn and secrets unravel, Aurelia begins to wonder: is she the kingdoms savior or its undoing? Fire runs in her veins. Fate waits in the shadows. And the last dragon rider will rise.