Ashes of Akkia

For centuries, the Empire of Akkia has ruled from the backs of dragons.

The High Temples teach that dragons are unclean creatures born from ancient sin, their blood cursed and their minds poisonous to ordinary people. Only the unwanted may touch them. Only the discarded may survive them.

So every year, orphaned and enslaved children are taken from the empire's lowest ranks and delivered to the Temple Hatcheries, where dragon eggs lie beneath black stone vaults warmed by volcanic fire. Most ch...