From the #1 Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling author of Arcana Academy comes the first in a new, heart-pounding fantasy duology, about a young woman who must survive a score of brutal tests and trials to escape her cursed fate.The moment you see a dragon is usually your last...Since the dragons emerged - along with the scourge that ravaged our lands and people - there\'s only one human city that remains standing: Vingard.But the hellfire from above is nothing compared to the threat from within. For there is no worse fate than being Dragon Cursed. Slowly and excruciatingly, you\'ll be transformed into a mindless beast who destroys everything - and everyone - you love. Any of us could be tainted. Any of us could be lying. Any of us could be caught and killed by the authorities. And I\'m terrified that I might be next. There\'s only one other person who might suspect my secret. He\'s like my shadow, following me wherever I go. Part protector, part tormentor, fully annoying. Sometimes I think I am just one of the million unfathomable secrets he keeps hidden.Because Lucan definitely knows something. And if I\'m Dragon Cursed, death might be the only mercy I get.