KEEP YOUR FRIENDS CLOSE, AND YOUR ENEMIES CLOSER

A Dragon and ten Barrani wouldn’t be anyone’s ideal roommates if aperson wants peace and tranquility at home. The residue of three Draco-Barrani wars can make things pretty awkward—on a good day.Kaylin Neya has run out of good days.

In the upheaval surrounding the Academia, the Tower in the fief ofCandallar is now without its lord. The Towers were created to protect Elantra against Shadow. Dragon Bellusdeo wants to captain the Tower and continue a warshe’ll never be able to abandon. But Sedarias, leader of the Barrani cohort, wants the Tower for thecohort. AndBarrani and Dragons don’t negotiate, even when they’re living under thesame roof.

If there were ever a time for Shadow to strike, it’s now, when alliances arefractured and the Tower is vulnerable for the first time in centuries. More than ever, Kaylin needs her friends to work together if they’re going to be able to stop the threat to Elantra.