The Tainted Khan

The epic sequel to Taran Matharu-s instant Sunday Times bestseller, Dragon Rider, in which empires fall and dragons soar--A dazzlingly epic and richly complex world of dragons, magic, and rebellion- Am-e Wen Zhao on Dragon RiderJai dreams of being a dragon rider. He dreams of freedom from the Sabine Empire and a world in which he can lead his people, the Kidara, to freedom. But even though he has his dragon, Winter, she is still growing, just as he-s still growing in his own power. And the road to victory is even more fraught than he had hoped-Because even when he finds a tribe on the Great Steppe, they are not his people. They are the outcasts, the Tainted, and he finds that he knows little of the political intricacies that take place in these vast grasslands. He is a stranger amongst his own kind, for Jai-s uncle rules, and is loath to cede power to his nephew.But the legionaries and Gryphon Guard of the Sabine Empire are wreaking havoc against the other tribes of the Great Steppe, a