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A War of Wyverns

Pages
368
Published
2026
Language
English

Synopsis

Rebellion happens in the shadows. In the sequel to the New York Times bestseller A Language of Dragons, language is the greatest weapon in a war between humans and dragons—and one translator has the power to change the world. Perfect for teen fans of Fourth Wing and Babel. Who is Vivien Featherswallow? It’s the question on the lips of every human and dragon in Britannia, and even she doesn’t know the answer. Is she the Swallow, the face of the rebellion against the corrupt government and invading Bulgarian dragons? Is she a brasstongue, a translator on the cusp of discovering a new dragon language? Or is she just Viv, the girl who lost the love of her life after playing spy? Viv isn’t sure, but she knows she has to fight back. Armed with a machine that allows her to listen to dragons’ thoughts, a diary with the clues of a never-before translated dragon tongue, and her own need to avenge her lost love, Viv seeks out the elusive Hebridean Wyverns. If she can find them and convince them to join the war, the rebellion might have a chance. Viv will soon realize that while translation is a weapon, it might not help her on her journey to victory—or to finding herself.

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About the author

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S. F. Williamson

S. F. Williamson is a British author and literary translator who studied French and Italian at the University of Bath before completing an MA in Writing for Young People at Bath Spa University. Drawing on her translation work, her debut novel A Language of Dragons imagines an alternate 1920s London built around dragon-speaking codebreakers, and won the Older Readers category of the Waterstones Children's Book Prize.

Characters

Vivien FeatherswallowProtagonist

A scholar and linguist who has decoded the ancient language of dragons; now a reluctant soldier fighting to protect her people's dragon heritage.

All characters in A War of Wyverns