Fireborne

Fireborne (2019) is a young adult fantasy novel by Rosaria Munda. It is the first installment in The Aurelian Cycle trilogy and follows Lee and Annie—two teenagers navigating a reborn world following a brutal revolution. Annie is a former serf whose entire family was executed by dragonfire. Lee is a former aristocrat whose family was murdered by revolutionaries during the Red Month. Raised together as orphans following the revolution, they’ve now tested into the governing class of dragonriders and plan to battle it out in a tournament to determine who leads the republic’s dragon fleet. As political tensions rise and old loyalties are tested, Annie and Lee must navigate their feelings toward each other and their beliefs about justice and power to decide which side of the coming war they fall on.

This guide refers to the e-book edition published by Penguin Random House in 2019.

Plot Summary

Annie is an orphan from the village of Holbin Hill whose family was executed by dragonfire at the command of dragonlord Leon Stormscourge years ago. Only she was spared and was sent to Albans Orphanage. Leo Stormscourge is the son of Leon and watched his entire family slaughtered alongside countless dragonlords and their families the day the Revolution struck and took control of Callipolis.