KEEP YOUR FRIENDS CLOSE, AND YOUR ENEMIES CLOSER

A Dragon and ten Barrani wouldn’t be anyone’s ideal room­mates if a person 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 of Candallar is now without its lord. The Towers were created to protect Elantra against Shadow. Dragon Bellusdeo wants to captain the Tower and continue a war she’ll never be able to abandon. But Sedarias, leader of the Barrani cohort, wants the Tower for the cohort. And Barrani and Dragons don’t nego­tiate, even when they’re living under the same roof.

If there were ever a time for Shadow to strike, it’s now, when alliances are frac­tured 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.