Dragons of Terra. Book 1. Blood of the Outcast

Bershada the Impeccable — the best dragon rider in all of Terra. Also — the "son of the traitor Leon Bershada."

Former heir of the Sacred Hollow and the province of Dainovaya Pusha. Former fiancé of Princess Eshlin Malgrav. Former commander of the Jaguar Army. Quick-tempered, easily enraged, thirsts for blood in anger. Exiled for a bloody massacre in the Glenlock Gorge. 

Condemned by royal justice to fight fire-breathing reptiles, he has not suffered a single defeat, boasting an incredible sixty-five victories. But one day, King of Almiras, Gertzog Malgrav I, orders Bershada to return to the capital, the Unsinkable Haven, where access is forbidden to those condemned to dragon riding under threat of immediate death.

Malgrav has a special task for Bershada, and Princess Eshlin, who has devoted herself to the study of dragons, has one too...