Zephyr’s Flight by Ray Strong
As a thousand years of peace shatters, a rebellious village girl and her dragon stand against an empire.
Astria’s only dream is to become a Dragon Rider, like her ancestors who once forced peace upon their warring neighbors. But when her father disappears, Astria is left unpartnered and untrained as the dragons leave the valley.
All but Zephyr. Crippled and flightless, he refuses to leave Astria’s side after she saves his life.
But the Council of Elders forbids their partnership, fearing a catastrophe foretold by an ancient prophecy. Defiance of their orders risks exile—and certain death—in the hostile highlands of the Wild.
Determined to fly no matter the cost, Astria is quickly embroiled in a renewed conflict between empires, where only one person understands her desires: a warrior from another land.
From award-winning author Ray Strong comes an exhilarating new fantasy series, where sacrifice and defiance collide in a battle for survival, and love may be the most dangerous risk of all.
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Author Bio:
Ray Strong is the award-winning author of The Dragons’ War, an epic fantasy series that launched in 2025 with Zephyr’s Flight. He began his writing journey with newspaper stories in Chicago before earning a graduate degree in engineering. That path took him around the world, where he learned from many different cultures and ways of life. Ray now lives on the West Coast with his wife and their three children, who once spent rainy afternoons acting out scenes from Castle in the Sky. Today, he writes full time, building rich worlds full of adventure, mythology, and magic.