Fourth Wing

The beloved first book in the record-breaking, multi-million-copy bestselling Empyrean series.

A major TV adaptation has now been greenlit at MGM Amazon Studios with Michael B. Jordans Outlier Society - dont be the last to discover the magic of this blockbuster world.

Yarros is the true inheritor of Harry Potter and inspires Hunger Games levels of devotion
GUARDIAN

This book contains an addictive, drug-like essence that will make you relinquish all responsibility
GLAMOUR

The new publishing sensation
DAILY MAIL

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FRIENDS. ENEMIES. LOVERS.
EVERYONE HERE HAS AN AGENDA.
AND EVERY NIGHT COULD BE YOUR LAST.

Violet Sorrengail had expected to live a quiet life surrounded by books, until she was forced onto the worlds deadliest training ground. Now she must fight to join the armys elite: dragon riders. But dragons dont choose fragile riders; they incinerate them, and when your body breaks as easily as Violets does - death is only a heartbeat away.

Many cadets would kill Violet to better their own chances of success; the rest would kill her just because of her last name . . . including the ruthless Xaden Riorson, her familys greatest enemy. With the odds stacked against her, Violet must use every edge her wits can give her just to see the next sunrise, because once you enter Basgiath War College, there are only two ways out:

GRADUATE OR DIE.
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Millions of readers have already begun their Empyrean adventure. Now its your turn to cross the parapet . . . pray to Malek that you survive.

Full of action, suspense and intrigue. This is the ride you have been waiting for, hold on tightDaily Mirror

I couldnt put it down!MillieBobbyBrown

Yarros had me hooked from the first chapterMail on Sunday

Incredible storytelling on every pageThe Sun

Pure escapism . . . Wed suggest savouring every momentIndependent

We werent expecting to become obsessed . . . but we very much are, and were not aloneSunday TimesStyle

A deliciously gripping dish, which I downed in one sittingStylist

One of the publishing events of the yearBBCNews

Prepare to get obsessedCosmopolitan

OTHER BOOKS IN THE EMPYREAN SERIES:

-FOURTH WING
-IRON FLAME
-ONYX STORM

COMING SOON IN THE EMPYREAN WORLD:

THRESHING DAY: Return to the world of Empyrean with thirteen stories starring your favourite Fourth Wing characters. Coming September 29th 2026.

FOURTH WING, THE GRAPHIC NOVEL: VOLUME ONE: The first volume of a stunning graphic novel adapted by Rebecca Yarros. Coming April 6th 2027.

FOURTH WING, TAROT DECK: 78 tarot cards with familiar characters, scenes, and symbols from the Empyrean series. Coming April 6th 2027.