The Tainted Khan

The epic sequel to Taran Matharu''s instant Sunday Times bestseller, Dragon Rider, in which empires fall and dragons soar... ''A dazzlingly epic and richly complex world of dragons, magic, and rebellion'' Amelie Wen Zhao on Dragon Rider Jai dreams of being a dragon rider. He dreams of freedom from the Sabine Empire and a world in which he can lead his people, the Kidara, to freedom. But even though he has his dragon, Winter, she is still growing, just as he''s still growing in his own power. And the road to victory is even more fraught than he had hoped... Because even when he finds a tribe on the Great Steppe, they are not his people. They are the outcasts, the Tainted, and he finds that he knows little of the political intricacies that take place in these vast grasslands. He is a stranger amongst his own kind, for Jai''s uncle rules, and is loath to cede power to his nephew. But the legionaries and Gryphon Guard of the Sabine Empire are wreaking havoc against the other tribes of the Great Steppe, and Jai is forced to learn a lifetime''s worth of knowledge in a matter of months. From levelling up his magic, to becoming a true warrior, saving the woman he loves, and strengthening his bond with Winter, Jai is a dragon rider with a massive weight on his young shoulders. And his greatest hope is that the shoulders of Winter will soon be strong enough to help carry him . READ THE EPIC FANTASY SERIES WITH SCORCHING FIVE-STAR READER REVIEWS ccccc ''Dragons with depth... Taran Matharu masterfully layers the history, politics and soulful magic of his world with page-turning ease, all the while delivering shocks, bloodshed and a splash of slow-burn spice'' Cari Thomas, Sunday Times bestselling author of Threadneedle ''Eragon and Sapphira, Laurence and Temeraire, and now Jai and Winter. A brilliant beginning!'' Michael R. Miller, bestselling author of the Songs of Chaos series ''Bloody, glorious, and irresistibly compelling, Dragon Rider is a riveting epic that is at once sweepingly vast and heart-wrenchingly personal'' Sarah Beth Durst, award-winning author of The Bone Maker ''Brutal politics, intricate worldbuilding, and edge-of-the-seat battles'' Prashanth Srivatsa, author of The Spice Gate ''A classic fantasy adventure that reminds me of the novels I loved growing up, but with a flair of cultivation from the novels I love now'' Will Wight, New York Times bestselling author of the Cradle series ...

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Taran Matharu

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The epic sequel to Taran Matharu's instant *Sunday Times*bestseller, *Dragon Rider,*in which empires fall and dragons soar...