Lady Ayesha Manderly is born of fire and sea, the only daughter of Princess Aulora Targaryen and Lord Desmond Manderly. When she arrives in King's Landing for the grand tourney celebrating the birth of the long-awaited heir, Ayesha is meant to be a mere courtly ornament-beautiful, noble, well-mannered. But fate has sharper plans.
As death strikes both queen and heir, the realm is thrown into uncertainty. In the chaos, her uncle, King Viserys, names young Rhaenyra his heir. But Ayesha, guided by the cold ambition of her mother and her own burning desire to rise, sets her eyes on a greater prize: the Iron Throne itself.
But power in Westeros comes with a price, and the game of thrones spares no one.
She died on the freeway, wearing dragon wings and Visenya's sword. A fan of House of the Dragon, a lover of history and heartbreak, she thought she knew the story. She never expected to wake up in it.
Now Vaelyra Targaryen, second daughter of King Viserys and Queen Aemma, she is born into a doomed dynasty-one she refuses to let burn. Armed with knowledge of the future, she becomes her sister Rhaenyra's truest ally, her father's guiding hand, her younger siblings' secret guardian, and the court's silent storm.
The Dance of the Dragons will never happen. Not if she can help it.