★★★★★ RELEASED 25 APRIL 564 pages | Hardback/ebook/ audiobook Author Taran Matharu Publisher HarperVoyager
Taran Matharu, author of the hugely popular Summoner series, leaves the Young Adult bracket behind with Dragon Rider. Early on, the shadow of Games Of Thrones looms large, particularly when a royal engagement party turns into a massacre, but Matharu has his own voice and ideas as a writer.