The Rider of Rhorenna

Once, dragons filled the skies of Ethodien, a kingdom that lies in the North West of the world of Einn. Dragons were powerful beings that protected the world from dangers beyond what humans could face alone. When the world was new, dragons and humans formed bonds that could change the tied of war, restore peace to lands torn asunder, and destroy malevolent gods.

Or so the stories say.

In present day Ethodien, an orphan, known to her friends as Scab, waits to die. Her thirteenth birthday less than three days away, she has two options: be bought or adopted before her birthday, or be killed before she reaches it. When strangers arrive in the Oxport Orphanage, Scab hopes that her luck may change, but with the orphanage's history - and the tendency to favor boys - her hopes are not high.
The strangers claim to be dragon riders, the mythical figures who supposedly tamed and rode the now extinct race of dragons who once lived in Einn alongside humans. What's more, they say Scab is one of them.

Donning a new name and a new life, the orphan once know as scab enters a world where what she knew is wrong, and the stories she loved are coming to life.

But all stories have a dark side, and all come with a price.

Cover art by @camellia
(Part of the Books of Einn, a collabortive world created by @camellia and myself)