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The Empyrean series by Rebecca Yarros is a 3 book fantasy series, with 2 more books in the works. This best selling series is a romantasy book (fantasy romance) that has taken TikTok and fans of the genre by storm. The reading order of The Empyrean series books is actually pretty straightforward. So, get excited to read all The Empyrean series books in order on the list!
Last Updated: April 15, 2024
The Empyrean Series (3 Book Series)
1. Book 1: Fourth Wing (The Empyrean #1)
Series: The Empyrean #1
Genre: Adult Fiction, Fantasy, Romance
Author: Rebecca Yarros
Publisher: Entangled: Red Tower Books
Publication Date: May 2, 2023
Enter the brutal and elite world of a war college for dragon riders from USA Today 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.
2. Book 2: Iron Flame (The Empyrean #2)
Series: The Empyrean #2
Genre: Adult Fiction, Fantasy, Romance
Author: Rebecca Yarros
Publisher: Entangled: Red Tower Books
Publication Date: November 7, 2023
“The first year is when some of us lose our lives. The second year is when the rest of us lose our humanity.” —Xaden Riorson
Everyone expected Violet Sorrengail to die during her first year at Basgiath War College—Violet included. But Threshing was only the first impossible test meant to weed out the weak-willed, the unworthy, and the unlucky.
Now the real training begins, and Violet’s already wondering how she’ll get through. It’s not just that it’s grueling and maliciously brutal, or even that it’s designed to stretch the riders’ capacity for pain beyond endurance. It’s the new vice commandant, who’s made it his personal mission to teach Violet exactly how powerless she is–unless she betrays the man she loves.
Although Violet’s body might be weaker and frailer than everyone else’s, she still has her wits—and a will of iron. And leadership is forgetting the most important lesson Basgiath has taught her: Dragon riders make their own rules.
But a determination to survive won’t be enough this year.
Because Violet knows the real secret hidden for centuries at Basgiath War College—and nothing, not even dragon fire, may be enough to save them in the end.
3. Book 3: Onyx Storm (The Empyrean #3)
Series: The Empyrean #3
Genre: Adult Fiction, Fantasy, Romance
Author: Rebecca Yarros
Publisher: Entangled: Red Tower Books
Publication Date: January 21, 2025
The third instalment in The Empyrean series by Rebecca Yarros is to be released on January 21, 2025.
Get ready to fly or die in the breathtaking follow-up to Fourth Wing and Iron Flame from #1 New York Times bestselling author Rebecca Yarros.
Fourth Wing Bonus Chapters
Fourth Wing Map
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The Empyrean Series Books in Order
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Fourth Wing: The Empyrean #1 (2023)
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Iron Flame: The Empyrean #2 (2023)
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Onyx Storm: The Empyrean #3 (2025)
The Empyrean Series
The Empyrean series by Rebecca Yarros is an exciting fantasy series that is sure to captivate you. Yarros continues to create more books for The Empyrean series and it won’t be long for another incredible instalment to add to our bookshelves. Have you read The Empyrean series yet?
Great series. I like the covers and the map. 🙂
new to me