Princess Asha has always defied the brutal expectations of her warrior empire. But when a life-altering injury steals her vision and shatters her future in the Ujuima military, she's cast aside-banished to the dragon pits where only exile and death wait.

Yet among the dragons, Asha finds something unexpected: purpose. Her sharpened senses allow her to perceive truths no one else can, and when three long-forgotten dragon eggs fall into her care, her life changes forever. Dragons have not been born in centuries, and possession of their eggs could alter the balance of power across every kingdom.

Suddenly, the girl once dismissed as blind and broken is a target. Forced into a dangerous game of politics, Asha must choose between an arranged marriage that would bind her to the empire-or trusting Adriel, a morally gray prince from a rival land. He offers her an alliance, not a wedding ring, but his motives remain as shadowed as his scars. Neither of them expects the electric bond that sparks between them, or the whispered guidance of Drakkar, a dragon who speaks of a hidden colony in the northern mountains.

But trust is lethal in a world where empires rise and fall on blood, and blind girls are meant to be silent. To survive, Asha must decide: remain a pawn in her family's game, or ignite a revolution that could free dragonkind-and burn her empire to ash.