Dragonriders of Fiorenza

My father's been kidnapped. The kidnappers demand an impossible ransom. If they don't get it in two weeks, they will kill my father. Mama won't survive his murder. She's already fallen unconscious. So, I've pulled my assassin grandmother out of retirement. Together, and with my dragon, we're going to find the kidnappers and rescue my father. And we're going to make those bastards pay.

Neva only wants to keep her family safe - but all hope of that vanishes when her best friend Fia plummets out of the sky, gravely wounded and on dragonback. “Let the dragonrider die!” her mama pleads. That would be the sure way to ensure that the army stops harassing them - but Neva can’t turn her back on her friend. Never mind that her family is holding Fia’s father captive, and Neva is forced to use her magic in this hateful work

Fia has two weeks to rescue her father before his execution. She is deep in enemy territory, alone, and praying that nobody sees through her disguise. But when they announce a special dragon race, Fia is tempted as never before. In her new disguise, she can take part in the biggest race in all of Italia, something she’d wanted to do ever since she started riding a dragon. The prize money would ensure a life of freedom for Fia, and her sisters.