Brighter Than Scale, Swifter Than Flame (Hardcover)
Author: Neon Yang
Published by: Tor
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With an armoured, oath-bound hero reminiscent of The Mandalorian and the Asian-inspired epic fantasy of She Who Became the Sun, Neon Yang’s Brighter than Scale, Swifter than Flame is a stunning queer novella about a dragon hunter finding home with a dragon queen.

Few know the true identity of the masked guildknight of Mithrandon.

She barely remembers herself.

The masked guildknight, Yeva, was thirteen when she killed her first dragon. With her gift revealed, she was shipped away to the imperial capital to train in the rare art of dragon-slaying. Now a legendary dragon hunter, she has never truly felt at home, nor removed her armour in public, since that fateful day all those years ago.

Yeva must now go to Quanbao, a fiercely independent and reclusive kingdom. It is rumoured that there, dragons are not feared as is right and proper, but instead loved and worshipped. It is rumoured that there, they harbour a dragon behind their borders.

While Yeva searches for the dreaded beast, she is welcomed into the palace by Quanbao’s monarch, Lady Sookhee. Though wary of each other, Yeva is shocked to find herself slowly opening up to the beautiful, mysterious queen.

As they grow closer, Yeva longs to let Lady Sookhee see the person behind the armour, but she knows she must fulfil her purpose and slay the dragon. Ultimately, she must decide who, or what, she is willing to betray: her own heart, or the sacred duty that she has called home for so long.