Author: SUFIYAN PANHWAR

Binding: SOFTBACK

Category: English Fiction Novel

Publisher: BOOKSVILLA

Pages: 294

ISBN: 978-627-7894-45-0

About the book: 

WINGLESS is a young adult fantasy novel set in the kingdom of Valen, a society brutally divided between the dragon-riding “Worthy” and the “Unworthy,” who are hunted and executed to maintain a pure, powerful elite.

The story follows Elara Blackwood, a cunning 19-year-old Unworthy who survives by hiding in the slums, stealing just enough to live and smuggling other Unworthies to safety. Her life is upended when the kingdom’s most feared dragon, Blackstorm, publicly rejects its royal rider and chooses her—an event deemed impossible. Thrust overnight from fugitive to a rare “Worthy,” Elara is forced to compete in the Game of Wings, a deadly tournament where dragon riders battle to the death for the king’s favor.

To survive the lethal competition and the cutthroat Worthy society, Elara must hide her Unworthy origins while navigating a dangerous attraction to her chief rival, the ruthless Prince Ares, and the complicated loyalty of her childhood best friend, Ace, who is now one of the king’s enforcers. As the games grow deadlier, Elara uncovers a web of lies at the heart of the kingdom and must decide whether to play by the rules of her oppressors or use her newfound power to burn the system to the ground.

WINGLESS will appeal to readers of the high-stakes dragon rider school of Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros and the forbidden romance and deadly competition of Powerless by Lauren Roberts, delivering a fierce heroine, a gripping love triangle, and a world where the price of power is everything.