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**A* USA TODAY* BESTSELLER! The bestselling first book in the Dragon Scales duology, in which long-banished dragons, revered as gods, return to the mortal realm. Dragonfall is a slowburn, lush and inventive romance between a thief and the last male dragon in human form. Drawn together by an ancient artifact, they soon face a power that could break the world** **Recommended by *USA Today* for readers of dragon-filled fantasy and*** **Fourth Wing** * “In *Dragonfall* , Lam has forged a fresh and intricate world, a smoldering romance, and **a fire-new take on dragons**.” —Samantha Shannon, *New York Times* -bestselling author of *The Priory of the Orange Tree* “What you will find here may be **exactly what you love in fantasy** : *Dragonfall* is an intriguing blend of magic, a thief, trickery, and an unexpected dragon.” —Robin Hobb, *New York Times* -bestselling author of *Fool’s Assassin* ” *Dragonfall* is **a romance fantasy like you’ve never read before**. A queer-norm world with new ways of telling tales, L. R. Lam is breaking boundaries and binaries yet again with a brilliant fantasy book that you won’t want to miss.” —Hannah Kaner, #1 Sunday *Times* -bestselling author of *Godkiller* Long ago, humans betrayed dragons, stealing their magic and banishing them to a dying world. Centuries later, their descendants worship dragons as gods. But the “gods” remember, and they do not forgive. Thief Arcady scrapes a living on the streets of Vatra. Desperate, Arcady steals a powerful artifact from the bones of the Plaguebringer, the most hated person in Lumet history. Only Arcady knows the artifact’s magic holds the key to a new life among the nobles at court and a chance for revenge. The spell connects to Everen, the last male dragon foretold to save his kind, dragging him through the Veil. Disguised as a human, Everen soon learns that to regain his true power and form and fulfil his destiny, he only needs to convince one little thief to trust him enough to bond completelybody, mind, and soul—and then kill them. Yet the closer the two become, the greater the risk both their worlds will shatter.

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