You probably don’t know about this new literary saga that has caused a stir in the United States. The first book of The Empyrean Saga, titled Fourth Wing, hits American bookstore shelves in May 2023. In just one month, it became the best-selling novel on Amazon and lasted 25 weeks (including #13) in New. York Times Best Seller List. Fans mobilized on social media to spread the word about the book, and the hashtag garnered more than 1 billion views on Tiktok alone.
This world, imagined by author Rebecca Yaros, is a delicious mix of Game of Thrones dragons and Harry Potter’s school setting. The book is not yet translated into French, you have to go to the Booknote site to find a synopsis in Moliere:
Nothing could have predestined Violet Sorengale to become a horsewoman. He had to join the circle of scribes and lead a quiet life among books. One whose bones are so fragile that they could break in an instant… But today is draft day, and as the daughter of a general – a rider and dragon trainer herself – Violet has no choice but to obey her mother’s orders and join the selection tests to become a dragon rider. .. Elite of Navarre! However, the simple fact of considering registration for this contest seems ridiculous to him…
Because dragons don’t connect with “fragile” people: they burn them! But Violet is probably the weakest candidate physically, although she is cunning and quick. Essential qualities when evolving in a world without faith or law, where allies can quickly become enemies, or maybe even conquests… Violet will have to come up with a solid plan quickly, because this competition has only two outcomes: pass all the tests. or die!
Faced with the success of this first volume, Amazon Studios and Michael B. Jordan’s production company Outlier Society quickly acquired the rights to it to adapt it for the Prime Video streaming platform.
The choice is not surprising when we know that the American giant is particularly fond of the fantasy genre and that it does not hesitate to put its budget into it, as evidenced by The Rings of Power and The Wheel of Time.
Note that writer Rebecca Yaros recently published Iron Flame, a sequel to Violet’s adventures. According to Deadlinedeveloped world”It has so much potential that each book can be adapted into separate projects“.
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