The Rift between the Nightmare World and the Waking World is tearing open again. Slipping through it are terrifying and deadly nightmarish creatures called dragons. A reckless invasion of the Ward Isles by the powerful Caradon Empire sets off a chain of events that may prevent the Rift from ever being sealed again. Esra, a shipwrecked Imperial sailor, and two coastal village teenagers, Jonus and Faarah, find themselves caught in the middle of a battle of supernatural and political forces. 

Esra is torn between finding a way home and fulfilling a life debt. Red eyes watch Jonus in the night—omens of even darker things to come, and for the first time in her life, the always self-assured Faarah begins to doubt her destiny. In a world where magic fuels industry and dreams become reality, Wards of the Rift begins an epic fantasy tale of unlikely heroes that must make impossible choices to prevent a looming darkness from sweeping the world.