SuitabookFireborne
Rosaria Munda
- Reading
- Compare the old regime, the merit-based system and the possibility of a different way to govern. What might make each fair or unfair?
- Themes
- Who should hold power?: Dragonriders once held power while people starved and lived in fear; the new generation is selected by merit, but characters face choices about restoring the old regime, supporting the new order or seeking another path. The political choices carry complex stakes, with consequences that could be deadly.
- Loss, loyalty and chosen family: Annie and Lee each lost family during the revolution and grew up together; later, their political choices test loyalties to people and beliefs. Personal attachment sits alongside political allegiance as Annie and Lee face difficult choices.
- Worth knowing
- The backstory includes family executions and murder; the excerpt also depicts orphanage bullying and beatings, and a child reaching for a knife during a confrontation. War is looming.