In a kingdom that values strength above all else, 17-year-old Prince Markeo has always felt like an outsider. While others train for war, he spends his days in the library, studying ancient legends and filling his notebook with sketches of dragons. His beloved older brother, Prince Andreo, is everything Markeo is not: courageous, admired, and destined to rule. Celebrated as Aeldaron's fearless heir, Andreo earns the respect of both their father and the kingdom, while Markeo is dismissed as a dreamer more suited to books than battle. Yet Andreo never sees his brother as lesser. He believes in Markeo, stands up for him, and protects him when no one else will. When Andreo is killed in battle doing exactly that, Markeo is consumed by grief and guilt - until an ancient legend offers him one impossible hope. The tears of a dragon can bring the dead back to life. There is only one problem: to claim its tears, Markeo must first find and kill the dragon within a fortnight - a beast no one has seen for centuries. Determined to save his brother, Markeo leaves the safety of Aeldaron behind. Joined only by a handful of unlikely companions - some more loyal than others - he embarks on a dangerous and extraordinary journey that will test his courage, change his destiny, and reshape the future of the entire kingdom. ------------------------------- Tears of the Dragon reimagines the classic dragon-slaying quest into a heartbreaking coming-of-age journey of grief, sacrifice, and hope. It follows a young man who refuses to accept losing the person he loves most. It's a slow-burning, character-driven story that is very personal to me and inspired by the loss of my own brother far too early and the many emotions I went through after his death. I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I have enjoyed creating it. I aim to upload a new chapter once or twice a week. Comments and suggestions are always welcome. Feel free to follow and share with your friends. Thank you :)

At Aelinthos, nothing is simple. Not the dragons. Not the bonds. Not the feelings. Lira Vexley came to the Academy to train. But what she carries inside her... cannot be taught. When an ancient power begins to awaken and a voice from the past reaches her through a flame that never dies, Lira is forced to face the truth: She is not just a rider. She is the Flame. And the closer she gets to the truth about her mother, the more dangerous everything becomes. Because some will do anything to stop her. And others- will burn with her. "She wasn't meant to burn. She was meant to ignite." -Kael Draven-

The Blood Moon Festival is a deadly competition that selects the next generation of dragon riders. Most competitors spend their childhood honing their Divine - a rare, godlike power typically found in the ruling class. But Raven Black, a poor orphan with an unusually powerful Divine, spent her childhood breaking more laws than she can count. At sixteen, Raven's list of crimes is taller than she is, and she is paying the price for it. Caught and sentenced to death after a heist gone wrong, Raven figures her luck has finally run out. That is until a dragon rider sees potential in Raven's Divine and offers her a chance to avoid execution by competing in the Blood Moon Festival. With no other choice, Raven enters Skydescent, a castle where contestants train and form alliances. As the only ex-criminal, Raven figured she would be the most cutthroat, her competitors too worried about honor to get their hands dirty. But in Scadril, a powerful dragon is honor. 128 competitors enter the Blood Moon Festival, and each will do whatever it takes to come out on top.