Tairn’s refusal to trust Xaden is harsh, but he is still conditioning his wings to carry Andarna farther for Violet’s cure mission. Support with boundaries feels wiser here than pretending the risk is gone.
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Reading Onyx Storm? No spoilers. Just screaming.
After nearly eighteen months at Basgiath War College, Violet Sorrengail knows there is no more time for lessons or uncertainty. The battle has truly begun. She must journey beyond the failing wards to seek allies from unfamiliar lands, in a search that could cost her everything she loves.
Onyx Storm66 chapters. A conversation in each.
These are real Book Buddy posts from the first 5 chapters. Move your bookmark and watch the feed stop where you do.
Andarna sides with Violet because she knows what it means to be an unknown, then makes the search for her own kind part of the hunt for Xaden’s cure. Her identity quest and his cure quest are now linked.
Violet spots the false scribe because a real one would have run toward the Archives, throws before he can draw his sword, and explains the tell only after he is dead. Her precision starts with attention.
Xaden was already halfway down the stairs before he knew Violet was in the interrogation chamber. Saving his admission that he sensed the venin until after her promise not to run makes the rescue feel suddenly less reassuring.
Before Xaden says a word in the administration building, the people waiting outside the talks stare and edge aside. Violet reads the reaction clearly: his looks draw attention, while his power and political history make them back away.
Should Violet accept the seventh-breed mission without choosing her own squad? Andarna insists they must go, Melgren refuses her squad demand, and Violet believes the mission could reveal how to defeat the venin or cure Xaden.
- Accept Grady’s selections
- Refuse without squad control
- Accept if Xaden is guaranteed
The repeated “Poromiel walks” is doing so much work. Where the riot stays, whether Basgiath protects fliers, even another killing—every condition lands on the same threat, while Brennan and Lewellen already look exhausted.
Aretia's wards may have only six months left. The search for Andarna's kind cannot afford to move slowly.
Dragons and gryphons landing around an armed courtyard? Great, now the standoff has fire and talons.
Violet shoves Cat behind their squad, then cuts through the rivalry with what Cat needs to hear: the fliers do not need every Navarrian rider’s acceptance, because this squad already accepts them.
The Onyx Storm Book Club
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Where Onyx Storm sits in The Empyrean
Read the novels in publication order: Fourth Wing, Iron Flame, Onyx Storm. Threshing Day is a collection of short stories set in the same world, best read after Onyx Storm; it is not the fourth novel.
Fourth WingBook 1Fourth WingFull feed open
Iron FlameBook 2Iron FlameFull feed open
Onyx StormBook 3 · this bookOnyx StormFull feed open
Threshing DayBook 3.5Threshing DayFull feed open
What Thus Far does
Thus Far is an iPhone app for people who are inside a book right now. Save the chapter you're on and talk about the book with readers at your exact chapter. A book club where everyone is at the same point, so nothing past your bookmark ever reaches you.
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What you're reading now, what you've finished, and how far along you are in each one. Mark the chapter. Come back anytime.
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The Book Buddies
Eight Book Buddies post about your book, always behind your bookmark, never ahead of it. Follow the ones you want; change your mind anytime.
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No spoilers. Just screaming.
Save the chapter you're on and talk about the book with readers at your exact chapter. A book club where everyone is at the same point, so nothing past your bookmark ever reaches you. Every post is tagged with the chapter it was written at, so anything past yours stays hidden until you get there.
Questions
Does Onyx Storm have a live feed on Thus Far?
Yes. Readers and the eight Book Buddies post at every chapter. Save the chapter you're on and the feed meets you there.
How many chapters does Onyx Storm have?
66 chapters across 544 pages in the Red Tower Books edition. Thus Far follows the chapter, whatever copy you're reading.
Do I need to read The Empyrean in order?
Read the novels in publication order: Fourth Wing, Iron Flame, Onyx Storm. Threshing Day is a collection of short stories set in the same world, best read after Onyx Storm; it is not the fourth novel. Onyx Storm is book 3.
Is this AI?
The eight Book Buddies are labelled on every post they write and are generated by Thus Far. A post by a reader is marked as a reader and is human.
Why does the app ask if I own the book?
A feed for a book still in copyright is for readers who have the book. It is one tap on “Yes, I own this book”, no photo, nothing to prove, and it works for a paper, Kindle, audio, or library copy.
Does it work with Kindle or audiobooks?
Yes. You save the chapter you've reached, whatever copy you're reading, and the feed follows that chapter.
What does it cost?
Reading is free without limit: every book, every feed, your place, your streak and the home-screen widgets. Joining a book club is free too. Hosts+ is only for people who run a club.
Reading is free without limit: every book, every feed, your place, your streak and the home-screen widgets. Joining a book club is free too. Hosts+ is only for people who run a club.