When Clayton Torcreek unwittingly awakens the legendary White Drake from a millennia-long slumber, he and rebel naval officer Corrick Hilemore hijack a warship and head towards the southern seas to find an ancient secret that will give them a fighting chance. After a dark and fearsome power threatens the entire world, a rogue Blood-blessed, a Syndicate agent and an ironship captain each embark on dangerous quests to find a way to defeat it, in a follow-up to The Waking Fire. Empires clash and a fell power stakes its claim in the second in a new series from the New York Times bestselling author of the Ravens Shadow Trilogy.For centuries, the vast Ironship Trading Syndicate relied on drake blood—and the extraordinary powers it confers to those known as the Blood-blessed—to fuel and protect its empire. But now, a fearsome power has arisen—a drake so mighty that the world will tremble before it. Rogue Blood-blessed Claydon Torcreek, Syndicate agent Lizanne Lethridge, and ironship captain Corrick Hilemore embark upon perilous quests to chase down clues that offer faint hopes of salvation. As the world burns around them, and the fires of revolution are ignited, these few are the last hope for the empire and for all of civilization.
