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The official discussion thread for all things related to A Song of Ice and Fire by George R. R. Martin. This topic should be resorted to for all discussions, questions and other subjects relating or pertaining to books. Refer to the accompanying thread for the show for questions/discussion regarding it.

So, what shall we discuss first?

Enter the brutal and elite world of a war college for dragon riders from New York Times bestselling author Rebecca Yarros.

Twenty-year-old Violet Sorrengail was supposed to enter the Scribe Quadrant, living a quiet life among books and history. Now, the commanding general—also known as her tough-as-talons mother—has ordered Violet to join the hundreds of candidates striving to become the elite of Navarre: dragon riders.

But when you’re smaller than everyone else and your body is brittle, death is only a heartbeat away...because dragons don’t bond to “fragile” humans. They incinerate them.

With fewer dragons willing to bond than cadets, most would kill Violet to better their own chances of success. The rest would kill her just for being her mother’s daughter—like Xaden Riorson, the most powerful and ruthless wingleader in the Riders Quadrant.

She’ll need every edge her wits can give her just to see the next sunrise.

Yet, with every day that passes, the war outside grows more deadly, the kingdom's protective wards are failing, and the death toll continues to rise. Even worse, Violet begins to suspect leadership is hiding a terrible secret.

Friends, enemies, lovers. Everyone at Basgiath War College has an agenda—because once you enter, there are only two ways out: graduate or die.

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Currently three books available: Fourth Wing, Iron Flame and Onyx Storm. There are rumors of there being two more books in the series to come.

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Would you ever run for political office?

There’s no way I’d ever feel comfortable doing that. The way people attack others these days is outrageous and I don’t want that drama.

What’s the weirdest thing that ever happened to you?

What book(s) have you recently borrowed through services like Kindle Unlimited or purchased?

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Use this thread as a general literature, book, author, etc discussion.

Breakers chapter 93

Following the death of his father, Jay Gardiner goes diving off the coast of California in search of his remains. He soon finds himself in a desperate fight for survival when he's swallowed whole by a massive whale. Trapped inside its belly, he must figure out a way to escape as his oxygen supply starts to run out.


Release date: October 16, 2026 (USA)
Director: Brian Duffield
Story by Daniel Kraus
Producers: Brian Duffield, Ron Howard, Allan Mandelbaum, Jeb Brody, Brian Grazer
Executive Producers: Will Rowbotham, Douglas C. Merrifield, Richard Abate
Distributed by 20th Century Studios​