The Sky on Fire

In the cloud cities of Seven Crests, dragons rule; in the Deep, one can only hops to survive what lives there. Anahrod has lived in the Deep for years with her titan drake by her side, when a local warlord’s attempt to capture her is foiled only by a small team of plucky rescuers. Anahrod can’t return to her solitary life, however; instead, she finds her rescuers have turned to kidnappers, because they know who she really is—Anahrod the Wicked, back from the dead, who they think can help them steal a dragon’s hoard. But not only does she not have the knowledge they think, but the hoard they want belongs to the dragon queen who wants Anahrod dead. A long on-ramp to the novel’s main action builds the world with Lyon’s usual flair for setting details, multiple plot threads, and characters with diverse sexualities.