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The most exciting debut of 2025 an incredible fantasy Dark Academia perfect for fans of Babel Fourth Wing and the Scholomance trilogy

EVERY FIRE STARTS WITH A SINGLE SPARK

Welcome to Bletchley Park with dragons
London 1923 Dragons soar through the skies and protests erupt on the streets but Vivien Featherswallow isnt worried Shes going to follow the rules get an internship studying dragon languages and make sure her little sister never has to risk growing up Third Class By midnight Viv has started a civil war
With her parents arrested and her sister missing all the safety Viv has worked for is collapsing around her So when a lifeline is offered in the form of a mysterious job she grabs it Arriving at Bletchley Park Viv discovers that she has been recruited as a codebreaker helping the war effort if she succeeds she and her family can all go home again If she doesnt theyll all die
At first Viv believes that her challenge of discovering the secrets of a hidden dragon language is doable But the more she learns the more she realises that the bubble shes grown up in isnt as safe as she thought and eventually Viv must decide What war is she really fighting
An epic sweeping fantasy with an incredible Dark Academia setting a clandestine slowburn enemiestolovers romance and an unputdownable story filled with twists and turns betrayals and secret identities A Language of Dragons is the unmissable debut of 2025 from an extraordinary new voice