The First Skyrider by H.R. Hess (Callenlas Chronicles #2, New, 2022, Pbk, 368 pages, Reformation Lightning)

New. ISBN 9781838188382

“What if everyone’s wrong about dragons?” Cairn asked. He barely dared to voice the thought. “What if dragons can be...trained?"

Farm-boy Cairn can hardly believe it when he is chosen to train as a rider for Star-King Elior. Far from home in the mountains, where dragons lurk and war threatens, Cairn strives to become a great rider of Callenlas. Does he have what it takes after all? And what is his friend Arunae hiding?