Rebel. Paladin. Blaze.
On a dying continent, shapeshifting dragons known as Darkhan reign supreme.
Zahra’s life is defined by Mahj, the darkhan who helped raise her after her parents’ death, and Kamar, her older brother, who maintains their farm and resents the darkhan’s control.
When a town fire takes her brother’s life and sets off a civil war, Zahra escapes to Darkhan City with Mahj to train as a Paladin, an elite class of human warriors who ride dragons to quell rebellions. But the longer the war rages between human rebels and the darkhan, the more Zahra realizes the very fabric of her world, from burning ocean waters to centuries-old secrets, is at stake.
Soon, both the darkhan and the rebels want her dead, and Zahra must learn the truth—about the revolution, her parents’ death, and the dying planet—if she can survive it first.
MOUNTAINS CLEAVED, SKY ASUNDER is a South Asian fusion of classic fantasy and climate fiction.
