<p>Debut author Joshua McCune's gritty and heart-pounding novel is a masterful reimagining of popular dragon fantasy set in a militant future reminiscent of Paolo Bacigalupi's<em>Ship Breaker</em> and Ann Aguirre's <em>Outpost</em>. <em>The Horn Book</em> called it &quot;absolutely gripping and absolutely horrifying.&quot;</p><p>It's a high-school prank gone horribly wrong—sneaking onto the rez to pose next to a sleeping dragon—and now senior Melissa Callahan has become an unsuspecting pawn in a war between Man and Monster, between family and friends and the dragons she has despised her whole life. Chilling, epic, and wholly original, this debut novel imagines a North America where dragons are kept on reservations, where strict blackout rules are obeyed no matter the cost, where the highly weaponized military operates in secret, and where a gruesome television show called <em>Kissing Dragons</em> unites the population. Joshua McCune's debut novel offers action, adventure, fantasy, and a reimagining of popular dragon lore. &quot;The story packs significant punch.&quot;—<em>Publishers Weekly</em></p>