Wingborn is a series of novels that I serialised for free in twice weekly updates. The series is finished now, but you can still read the first book online for free either here, on Wattpad or one my Patreon.
Book 1: Wingborn is complete and available to buy from retailers.
Book 2: Rift Riders is available to buy, and there’s a three chapter sample available below. Warning, the last section ends on a cliffhanger.
Book 3: Dragongift is available to buy now. Three chapter sample below.
Book 4: Storm Wings is available to buy now. Three chapter sample below.
Book 5: Aquila’s War is available to buy now. Three chapter sample below.
Book 6: World’s End will be available to buy from May 18th.
A selection of related short stories and deleted scenes can also be found at the bottom of the page.
The series is a YA Traditional Fantasy tale taking place on a cursed world that’s covered in clouds, contains dragons (though not yet), talking eagles and fire-breathing horses, and is currently at war with the monstrous kaz-naghkt.
Wingborn
Wingborn Book 1Lady Mhysra Kilpapan was blessed from birth with a distinguished family, a glorious home and a giant eagle miryhl of her own. Fully aware of her luck, she wants for nothing in life – except a chance to become a Rift Rider. The elite force of the Overworld has been closed to women for over one hundred years and not even the legendary Wingborn are allowed to join. Until now.
Women are being admitted to the Riders again and Mhysra wants to be first in line. Except her parents have other ideas, and there are plenty of others who are less than pleased about the change. Yet if Mhysra can find a way to reach Aquila, she will let nothing stop her.
But the Overworld is in trouble and the vicious kaz-naghkt are destroying Rift Rider bases one by one. The Riders need help. Can Mhysra and her friends really be the difference between survival and destruction? Or will they fail before their first year of training is through?
Table of Contents
~ Prologue ~
Chapter One: Wrentheria – Part 1, Part 2, Part 3
Chapter Two: Nimbys – Part 1, Part 2
Chapter Three: Enrollment – Part 1, Part 2
Chapter Four: Cumulo – Part 1, Part 2, Part 3
Chapter Five: Derry and Dinner – Part 1, Part 2
Chapter Six: Flight – Part 1, Part 2
Chapter Seven: Students – Part 1, Part 2, Part 3
Chapter Eight: Family Feelings – Part 1, Part 2, Part 3
Chapter Nine: Winter to Spring – Part 1, Part 2
Chapter Ten: Midsummer – Part 1, Part 2, Part 3
Chapter Eleven: Tests – Part 1, Part 2, Part 3
Chapter Twelve: Taming the Hurricane – Part 1, Part 2
Chapter Thirteen: Choices – Part 1, Part 2
Chapter Fourteen: Test Flight – Part 1, Part 2
Chapter Fifteen: The Illuminai – Part 1, Part 2
Chapter Sixteen: The Chase – Part 1, Part 2
Chapter Seventeen: Journeys – Part 1, Part 2
Chapter Eighteen: Aquila – Part 1, Part 2
Chapter Nineteen: Lessons – Part 1, Part 2, Part 3
Chapter Twenty: Storms – Part 1, Part 2, Part 3
Chapter Twenty One: Snowfall – Part 1, Part 2, Part 3
Chapter Twenty Two: The Thaw – Part 1, Part 2
Chapter Twenty Three: Kaz-Naghkt – Part 1, Part 2
Chapter Twenty Four: Remembrances – Part 1, Part 2
Rift Riders
Wingborn Book 2On a world cursed to be covered in clouds, protected by the elite Rift Riders who fly on the backs of giant eagle miryhls, Lady Mhysra Kilpapan and her friends are making history. Women are now firmly back within the Rider fold and the future looks bright.
But even though Mhysra and her Wingborn Cumulo have survived their first year as students, there’s more to becoming a Rift Rider than lessons and training. Especially when trouble is brewing in the Wrathlen and the kaz-naghkt are looking for revenge.
Return to the Overworld for the next exciting Wingborn adventure, where strength, loyalty, honour and friendship are about to tested to their limits – and beyond.
Table of Contents
~ Prologue ~
Chapter One: Aquila in Summer – Part 1, Part 2
Chapter Two: Students at Large – Part 1, Part 2
Chapter Three: Watching the Wrathlen – Part 1, Part 2
~ Full Character List ~
SPOILERS! SPOILERS! SPOILERS!
If you haven’t read all of Rift Riders yet, the following blurb contains spoilers.
Scroll at your own risk.
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Dragongift
Wingborn Book 3Aquila has fallen and the Rift Riders are homeless. Freshly settled in the heart of the Overworld, the kaz-naghkt are more dangerous than ever, especially when united with their pirate allies. Scattered and divided, the Riders are desperate to reclaim their home – but first they need help.
After fleeing into the Greater West, Mhysra, Lyrai and their friends are sent south to the kingdom of Havia to plead for aid. But the land also borders the magical Storm Wash on the very edge of the Dragonlands, and soon the Riders have more to worry about than kaz-naghkt and unfriendly kings.
Back at Aquila, Lord Yullik sits high in his tower of triumph, but little does he know of the troubles that wait in the shadows.
The Dragongifted are waking – and the Overworld will never be the same again.
Table of Contents
~ Prologue ~
Chapter One: Refugees – Part 1, Part 2, Part 3
Chapter Two: Lessons – Part 1, Part 2, Part 3
Chapter Three: Travelling – Part 1, Part 2
SPOILERS! SPOILERS! SPOILERS!
If you haven’t read all of Dragongift yet, the following blurb contains spoilers.
Scroll at your own risk.
SPOILERS! SPOILERS! SPOILERS!
Storm Wings
Wingborn Book 4Trouble covers the Overworld and the Rift Riders seem further from home than ever, but there is hope in the darkness, even if the road to recovery is long.
For the first time in more than a century, dragons have returned to the human lands, but their numbers are few and their welcome is… difficult. If Mhysra, Lyrai and their friends were expecting a heroes’ welcome on their return, they may have a long time to wait.
In the West, Stirla and Derrain have their own troubles to deal with, thanks to a determined princess and some foolhardy nobles. Not to mention the opinions and intentions of their superiors.
And at Aquila, Lord Yullik waits for the fight he knows will come. Yet all the while an unseen threat moves in the shadows. New dangers stir across the mountain, but whether for good or evil, only the gods of this cursed world can tell…
Table of Contents
~ Prologue ~
Chapter One: Leaving the Cleansed Lands – Part 1, Part 2
Chapter Two: Storm Surge – Part 1, Part 2
Chapter Three: Reunion – Part 1, Part 2
Aquila’s War
Wingborn Book 5The Rift Riders are ready.
Yullik is waiting.
The fight for Aquila is about to begin.After siege and exile, the Rift Riders have drifted around the Overworld for long enough. The troops have been gathered, the dragons are willing to help and everyone is ready to depart. Now they only have to get there.
While Mhysra, Lyrai and their friends prepare for the battle ahead and Yullik lays his traps, hidden on the far side of Aquila, Mouse and Nightriver have their own challenges to face. Despite everything, the mountain has a few surprises in store for all of them yet.
For Aquila is waiting to be won and the stakes are high. When war rocks the citadel, even the winners may end up losing…
Table of Contents
~ Prologue ~
Chapter One: The Gifts of Maegla – Part 1, Part 2
Chapter Two: Revealing Reunions – Part 1, Part 2, Part 3
Chapter Three: Feral – Part 1, Part 2, Part 3
World’s End
Wingborn Book 6Aquila lies broken, but the Rift Riders are victorious. They have their home back and the kaz-naghkt have been almost wiped out. But not quite. Yullik ses-Khennik has escaped, and he did not go alone. Not only are there a handful of kaz-naghkt left to threaten the Overworld, but Lady Mhysra Kilpapan has been taken. And her friends will do anything to get her back.
With Cumulo and Lyrai in the lead, a small band of Rift Riders will journey into the west for the final showdown bringing Riders, dragons and Yullik together one last time. World’s End is waiting and the fate of the Overworld hangs in the balance. Who will win and who will die?
The final Wingborn adventure has begun.
Table of Contents
~ Prologue ~
Chapter One: Defiance – Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4
Chapter Two: Preparation – Part 1, Part 2
Chapter Three: Cumulo Alone
Ebook to come on May.18th.
Tales of the Overworld
Short stories and deleted scenes featuring characters and settings from the Wingborn series and the Overworld.
Pre-WINGBORN
A Royal Welcome – Stirla and Lyrai’s first meeting.WINGBORN
Mountain Blossom: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 – Milli and Bumble go for a walk. A romantic interlude with Stirla ensues.
Deleted Scene: Cue vs Cane – Taken from Chapter 12, a first meeting between Cumulo and Hurricane that didn’t go quite as well.
Facing the Hurricane: Part 1, Part 2 – Cumulo and Hurricane’s first meeting.
Surviving Stirla: Part 1, Part 2 – A survival lesson with Stirla. Including Mhysra and Mouse… eep! (Takes place just before Ch 21)
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