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The Last Rift Dragon
The City of Bridgehaven is under attack.
The nation to the west intends to murder Bridgehaven’s last three remaining dragons, rendering them extinct. They’ll stop at nothing to crush the eggs, flay the dragons, and burn Bridgehaven to the ground.
But Richter Whitlock is determined to make sure that doesn’t happen. He joins the Knights of the Silver Fog—individuals dedicated to protecting Bridgehaven, and the dragons, at all costs—in the hopes of caring for a fragile dragon egg, so that one day he may bond and fight back.
But there are traitors in Bridgehaven, and enemies are circling close.
If Richter hopes to save his home, and his egg, he’ll have to master his magic, learn to craft magitech, and become one of the greatest Knights anyone has ever seen…
The nation to the west intends to murder Bridgehaven’s last three remaining dragons, rendering them extinct. They’ll stop at nothing to crush the eggs, flay the dragons, and burn Bridgehaven to the ground.
But Richter Whitlock is determined to make sure that doesn’t happen. He joins the Knights of the Silver Fog—individuals dedicated to protecting Bridgehaven, and the dragons, at all costs—in the hopes of caring for a fragile dragon egg, so that one day he may bond and fight back.
But there are traitors in Bridgehaven, and enemies are circling close.
If Richter hopes to save his home, and his egg, he’ll have to master his magic, learn to craft magitech, and become one of the greatest Knights anyone has ever seen…
- GenresFantasy
376 pages, Kindle Edition
Published July 20, 2026
About the author
Shami Stovall
41 books878 followersShami Stovall is a multi-award-winning author of fantasy and science fiction. Before that, she taught history and criminal law at the college level, and loved every second. When she’s not reading fascinating articles and books about ancient China or the Byzantine Empire, Stovall can be found playing way too many video games, especially RPGs and tactics simulators.
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Website: https://sastovallauthor.com/
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Email: s.adelle.s@gmail.com
If you want to contact her, you can do so at the following locations:
Website: https://sastovallauthor.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/GameOverStation/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SAStovall/
Email: s.adelle.s@gmail.com
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August 3, 2026
This Book Skips Straight to the Good Stuff
*The Last Rift Dragon* takes a very common story, skips over the parts we already know, then slams us with several surprises.
In Tamora Pierce's *The Song of the Lioness*, Alanna becomes a knight in book 3 of the series. In the *Protector of the Small* quartet, the pattern repeats, and Kel becomes a knight at the beginning of book 4. However, in *The Last Rift Dragon*, chapter one *starts* with what would normally be the 3/4 point of Richter's coming-of-age story: the final exam that determines which of the seven finalists will get to choose an egg first, immediately prior to becoming a knight.
Richter lives in the city of Bridgehaven, where a magical fog gives everyone magical gyfts. The source of that fog is the breath of dragons. Where once Bridgehaven contained hundreds of dragons, only three remain—two earth dragons and a sterile storm dragon. Richter is a noble whose parents were both bonded to magical dragons as Knights of the Silver Fog before they and their dragons died. The protagonist with the tragic past is joined by his best friend, Lex, whose wind-manipulation gyft mirrors his persistently optimistic personality. Lex wants to be the first person born as a commoner to become a knight. Both friends succeed in being among the seven finalists to bond with seven earth dragon eggs… Then chapter one begins.
Starting where it does, *The Last Rift Dragon* feels fast-paced while still keeping readers from feeling lost, with room for twists I guarantee readers won't see coming.
Everyone I have spoken to who has read it has loved it. After finally reading it myself, I wholeheartedly agree.
*The Last Rift Dragon* takes a very common story, skips over the parts we already know, then slams us with several surprises.
In Tamora Pierce's *The Song of the Lioness*, Alanna becomes a knight in book 3 of the series. In the *Protector of the Small* quartet, the pattern repeats, and Kel becomes a knight at the beginning of book 4. However, in *The Last Rift Dragon*, chapter one *starts* with what would normally be the 3/4 point of Richter's coming-of-age story: the final exam that determines which of the seven finalists will get to choose an egg first, immediately prior to becoming a knight.
Richter lives in the city of Bridgehaven, where a magical fog gives everyone magical gyfts. The source of that fog is the breath of dragons. Where once Bridgehaven contained hundreds of dragons, only three remain—two earth dragons and a sterile storm dragon. Richter is a noble whose parents were both bonded to magical dragons as Knights of the Silver Fog before they and their dragons died. The protagonist with the tragic past is joined by his best friend, Lex, whose wind-manipulation gyft mirrors his persistently optimistic personality. Lex wants to be the first person born as a commoner to become a knight. Both friends succeed in being among the seven finalists to bond with seven earth dragon eggs… Then chapter one begins.
Starting where it does, *The Last Rift Dragon* feels fast-paced while still keeping readers from feeling lost, with room for twists I guarantee readers won't see coming.
Everyone I have spoken to who has read it has loved it. After finally reading it myself, I wholeheartedly agree.
July 20, 2026
I had an incredible time reading this book. It delivers everything I enjoy in fantasy—action, dragons, magic, and a protagonist whose journey immediately pulled me in.
Richter begins his path by joining the Knights of the Silver Fog with the dream of bonding with a dragon. When betrayal devastates the order, leaving countless knights and dragons dead, his future is forever changed. A life-altering injury prevents him from wielding a sword with his dominant hand, forcing him to redefine what it means to be a hero. Instead of giving up, Richter discovers that the magic of the Silver Fog has granted him an extraordinary gift: the ability to summon the last Rift Dragon. From there, his adventure to protect the remaining dragons and save his homeland becomes impossible to put down.
The story strikes a great balance between exciting action, compelling world-building, and meaningful character growth. Richter is a protagonist worth rooting for, and watching him overcome adversity rather than letting it define him made his journey all the more satisfying. The dragon lore and magical elements were especially engaging, and every chapter left me eager to see what would happen next.
By the time I reached the final pages, I was completely invested and genuinely on the edge of my seat. I can't wait to see where the story goes next, and Book 2 has immediately become one of my most anticipated reads. If you enjoy epic fantasy with dragons, magic, and unforgettable adventures, this is a book you won't want to miss.
Richter begins his path by joining the Knights of the Silver Fog with the dream of bonding with a dragon. When betrayal devastates the order, leaving countless knights and dragons dead, his future is forever changed. A life-altering injury prevents him from wielding a sword with his dominant hand, forcing him to redefine what it means to be a hero. Instead of giving up, Richter discovers that the magic of the Silver Fog has granted him an extraordinary gift: the ability to summon the last Rift Dragon. From there, his adventure to protect the remaining dragons and save his homeland becomes impossible to put down.
The story strikes a great balance between exciting action, compelling world-building, and meaningful character growth. Richter is a protagonist worth rooting for, and watching him overcome adversity rather than letting it define him made his journey all the more satisfying. The dragon lore and magical elements were especially engaging, and every chapter left me eager to see what would happen next.
By the time I reached the final pages, I was completely invested and genuinely on the edge of my seat. I can't wait to see where the story goes next, and Book 2 has immediately become one of my most anticipated reads. If you enjoy epic fantasy with dragons, magic, and unforgettable adventures, this is a book you won't want to miss.
July 22, 2026
All action, all. adventure. with dragons!
The Last Rift Dragon is all action, all adventure, and should be a blast for the young adult crowd. It’s always a treat diving into a Shami Stovall story, and I absolutely loved getting those Frith Chronicles vibes again. If you’re in the mood for a fast-paced adventure with loads of dragons, give this one a shot!
The Last Rift Dragon is all action, all adventure, and should be a blast for the young adult crowd. It’s always a treat diving into a Shami Stovall story, and I absolutely loved getting those Frith Chronicles vibes again. If you’re in the mood for a fast-paced adventure with loads of dragons, give this one a shot!
July 26, 2026
Such great storytelling, you are teleported to another world
Love the magic system in this book, I cannot wait for the next book to come out already! Stovall does such a great job with her storytelling that you feel like you got transported into her world. Check out her other book series like Knightmare Arcanist, you will not be disappointed!
Love the magic system in this book, I cannot wait for the next book to come out already! Stovall does such a great job with her storytelling that you feel like you got transported into her world. Check out her other book series like Knightmare Arcanist, you will not be disappointed!
July 28, 2026
The Last Rift Dragon was a really fun book to listen too! Fast paced, great character interaction and building, action, excitement, heartbreak! It’s all in there!
Dragons are a vital for survival for the people of Bridgehaven. The silver fog powers technology and helps keep Bridgehavens borders secure from Shadow Ritters(wait???that’s my last name🤣🤣🤣) After years of crossing breeding dragons to get powerful specialized dragons, the knights are in trouble. These dragons do not produce eggs. It is time for new young knights to choose their dragon eggs from the few remaining of which 2 are malformed. What happens after the choosing of eggs is where things get crazy! I won’t spoil anything! Guys go get your copy of The Last Rift Dragon! The audio was fantastic! Luke Daniel’s does a great job! Thank you Shami Stovall for my audio book! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Dragons are a vital for survival for the people of Bridgehaven. The silver fog powers technology and helps keep Bridgehavens borders secure from Shadow Ritters(wait???that’s my last name🤣🤣🤣) After years of crossing breeding dragons to get powerful specialized dragons, the knights are in trouble. These dragons do not produce eggs. It is time for new young knights to choose their dragon eggs from the few remaining of which 2 are malformed. What happens after the choosing of eggs is where things get crazy! I won’t spoil anything! Guys go get your copy of The Last Rift Dragon! The audio was fantastic! Luke Daniel’s does a great job! Thank you Shami Stovall for my audio book! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
July 31, 2026
The Last Rift Dragon was released on July 20, 2026, to worldwide fanfare and celebration, with some countries reportedly declaring a week-long national holiday so that all their citizens, regardless of their reading abilities, would have ample time to really just savor and enjoy another Queen Shami Stovall classic.
I'll admit that there have been reports, mostly from unverified and sketchy sources, that have contended I am prone to just give Queen Shami a rubber-stamped five-star review, for a wide variety of laughably speculative reasons ranging from the slightly amusing "Rob is just too soft on people named Shami" to the ludicrously laughable "Shami has obviously kidnapped Rob's entire year's supply of tacos and has threatened to turn them into nachos if he doesn't comply with her wishes."
First, Shami would need to have the entire population of Uganda working non-stop for seven months to take an entire year's supply of tacos from me. Why Uganda, you might ask, confused as to the reason I would single out Uganda specifically?
I cannot go into precise details, for security reasons, but as a security precaution, I pick a different country each year whose citizens are the sole people authorized to act as my taco valets.
Anyone else will find an undisclosed security measure being liberally applied to their personage with extreme prejudice.
This year, it just happens to be Ugandans.
There are, of course, additional security measures that I will not disclose, but this soundly defeats any claims that Shami is blackmailing me with the continued well-being of my tacos.
As for the preposterous claim that "Rob is just too soft on people named Shami," one need only look at my scathing article about Mohammed Shami and his inability to bowl a googly to discredit that line of attack. If that doesn't convince you, because your sanity is clearly hanging on by the barest of threads, I would only have to point you to my verbal disemboweling of none other than Shami Chakrabarti for her choice to serve as Shadow Attorney General for England and Wales. I said it before and I'll say it again, "Shadows do not need a lawyer, and even if they did, there is no need to also make them Generals!"
As further proof that Queen Stovall of Stovallia has no magic strings that control me and my actions, I will offer a completely valid criticism of the series name "Knights of the Silver Fog," which made me so angry I ate a strawberry without spending the three weeks necessary to harvest a varietal of the Oishii Omakase Berry grown on Io, Jupiter's moon, at the Pele Horticultural Works, heated by the moon's own tidal-driven volcanism, then macerate it on the spot in a 2.4 g centrifuge chamber that forces a splash of the diamond-and-gold-encrusted Henri IV Dudognon cognac into every cell wall in minutes, then cruise through the gravity-free dark while it's acoustically levitated and coated in chocolate conched for 72 hours, infused with Kopi Luwak coffee grounds, tempered to a perfect, footless shell, and briefly exposed to the sun's corona for a caramelization of the demerara sugar crust that solar physicists still can't fully explain, then restore standard gravity just long enough for the fussy work of placing crushed Neptunian pistachio grown at the Triton Geyser Conservatory, a single flake of salt hand-harvested from the evaporite flats of a three-billion-year-dry Martian sea and run through the ship's ClearSalt Bioreclamation Array™, a colony of perchlorate-reducing bacteria force-cycled through several thousand generations in the time it takes to steep a tea bag, into edible chloride salt, a whisper of Venusian saffron-infused gold ganache grown at the Venus High-Altitude Aerostat Gardens, a scraped Titatian Tahitian vanilla bean grown at the Tahitian Colonial Artificial Biosphere Botanical Gardens, irrigated with water drawn from Titan's subsurface ocean, and a sheet of 24-karat gold painstakingly hand-flaked from 16 Psyche, then flash it for two seconds in the 2.7-Kelvin vacuum of deep space itself, and finally run it through the ship's Absolute Zero-Sweetness Resonance Field™, shattering the third law of thermodynamics with reckless abandon, all in the name of reaching Flavor Town. Anyway, back to my completely valid and not at all overly picky criticism of our beloved monarch: the way Shami describes the fog in Bridgehaven makes it absolutely crystal clear that the fog is definitely more of a shiny metallic light to medium gray and not silver, as the series name so erroneously declares.
Not only that, but her main character cannot even figure out how to use his powers to become the single most powerful warrior the world has ever known.
It's probably unrealistic of me to expect Richter to share my genius-like insightful, umm... insight—yeah, that's the ticket—into new and creative ways to slaughter his enemies, while also maintaining the sheer, unabashed, radiant humility I just exude at all times, but I feel that if I can do it, he should do better.
I hope that doesn't spoil the book for anyone, but it needed to be said and because I am the greatest living ally of truth, I said it.
Let's move on to all the reasons you should absolutely buy this book.
Fast-paced action that will leave you trying to catch your breath as new and exciting things continuously happen at a pace so rapid you will exclaim "Whoa!" no less than fifteen times for every one thousand words you read!
Surprising twists and turns that will elicit no fewer than thirty-six exclamations of "Damn, I didn't see that coming," at various volumes, ranging from a whisper to a shout that rattles your windows.
Characters that are so uniquely fascinating that you will question all of your life's choices that led you away from the possibility of ever being them.
Villains so dastardly that you will actively begin plotting their downfall and messaging the author with ideas on how to dispatch them, which leads to the awkward situation where they tell you "Getting a little dark there, lol," simply because you mentioned that maybe they could just teleport someone's head away from their body. Sure, then it ended up slightly straying to just teleporting a thin cross-section of their neck away from their body, but that was all about efficient use of power, because power consumed is based on mass and distance and a thin slice of a neck has less mass, ergo less power draw. I suspect their only real objection is that they were upset they didn't think of it first, because they haven't yet come to understand the deeply insightful depths of my insightfully insightful insights.
Will provide you with an unheard-of quantitative value of nine hundred forty-seven dollars of entertainment value for each dollar spent, on the internationally lauded One True Entertainment Ratio Scale™.
In summary: If you buy one book in the next decade, it should be this one. Also, you should buy a bunch of additional books because you don't want to be "that guy" who only buys one book a decade.
I'll admit that there have been reports, mostly from unverified and sketchy sources, that have contended I am prone to just give Queen Shami a rubber-stamped five-star review, for a wide variety of laughably speculative reasons ranging from the slightly amusing "Rob is just too soft on people named Shami" to the ludicrously laughable "Shami has obviously kidnapped Rob's entire year's supply of tacos and has threatened to turn them into nachos if he doesn't comply with her wishes."
First, Shami would need to have the entire population of Uganda working non-stop for seven months to take an entire year's supply of tacos from me. Why Uganda, you might ask, confused as to the reason I would single out Uganda specifically?
I cannot go into precise details, for security reasons, but as a security precaution, I pick a different country each year whose citizens are the sole people authorized to act as my taco valets.
Anyone else will find an undisclosed security measure being liberally applied to their personage with extreme prejudice.
This year, it just happens to be Ugandans.
There are, of course, additional security measures that I will not disclose, but this soundly defeats any claims that Shami is blackmailing me with the continued well-being of my tacos.
As for the preposterous claim that "Rob is just too soft on people named Shami," one need only look at my scathing article about Mohammed Shami and his inability to bowl a googly to discredit that line of attack. If that doesn't convince you, because your sanity is clearly hanging on by the barest of threads, I would only have to point you to my verbal disemboweling of none other than Shami Chakrabarti for her choice to serve as Shadow Attorney General for England and Wales. I said it before and I'll say it again, "Shadows do not need a lawyer, and even if they did, there is no need to also make them Generals!"
As further proof that Queen Stovall of Stovallia has no magic strings that control me and my actions, I will offer a completely valid criticism of the series name "Knights of the Silver Fog," which made me so angry I ate a strawberry without spending the three weeks necessary to harvest a varietal of the Oishii Omakase Berry grown on Io, Jupiter's moon, at the Pele Horticultural Works, heated by the moon's own tidal-driven volcanism, then macerate it on the spot in a 2.4 g centrifuge chamber that forces a splash of the diamond-and-gold-encrusted Henri IV Dudognon cognac into every cell wall in minutes, then cruise through the gravity-free dark while it's acoustically levitated and coated in chocolate conched for 72 hours, infused with Kopi Luwak coffee grounds, tempered to a perfect, footless shell, and briefly exposed to the sun's corona for a caramelization of the demerara sugar crust that solar physicists still can't fully explain, then restore standard gravity just long enough for the fussy work of placing crushed Neptunian pistachio grown at the Triton Geyser Conservatory, a single flake of salt hand-harvested from the evaporite flats of a three-billion-year-dry Martian sea and run through the ship's ClearSalt Bioreclamation Array™, a colony of perchlorate-reducing bacteria force-cycled through several thousand generations in the time it takes to steep a tea bag, into edible chloride salt, a whisper of Venusian saffron-infused gold ganache grown at the Venus High-Altitude Aerostat Gardens, a scraped Titatian Tahitian vanilla bean grown at the Tahitian Colonial Artificial Biosphere Botanical Gardens, irrigated with water drawn from Titan's subsurface ocean, and a sheet of 24-karat gold painstakingly hand-flaked from 16 Psyche, then flash it for two seconds in the 2.7-Kelvin vacuum of deep space itself, and finally run it through the ship's Absolute Zero-Sweetness Resonance Field™, shattering the third law of thermodynamics with reckless abandon, all in the name of reaching Flavor Town. Anyway, back to my completely valid and not at all overly picky criticism of our beloved monarch: the way Shami describes the fog in Bridgehaven makes it absolutely crystal clear that the fog is definitely more of a shiny metallic light to medium gray and not silver, as the series name so erroneously declares.
Not only that, but her main character cannot even figure out how to use his powers to become the single most powerful warrior the world has ever known.
It's probably unrealistic of me to expect Richter to share my genius-like insightful, umm... insight—yeah, that's the ticket—into new and creative ways to slaughter his enemies, while also maintaining the sheer, unabashed, radiant humility I just exude at all times, but I feel that if I can do it, he should do better.
I hope that doesn't spoil the book for anyone, but it needed to be said and because I am the greatest living ally of truth, I said it.
Let's move on to all the reasons you should absolutely buy this book.
Fast-paced action that will leave you trying to catch your breath as new and exciting things continuously happen at a pace so rapid you will exclaim "Whoa!" no less than fifteen times for every one thousand words you read!
Surprising twists and turns that will elicit no fewer than thirty-six exclamations of "Damn, I didn't see that coming," at various volumes, ranging from a whisper to a shout that rattles your windows.
Characters that are so uniquely fascinating that you will question all of your life's choices that led you away from the possibility of ever being them.
Villains so dastardly that you will actively begin plotting their downfall and messaging the author with ideas on how to dispatch them, which leads to the awkward situation where they tell you "Getting a little dark there, lol," simply because you mentioned that maybe they could just teleport someone's head away from their body. Sure, then it ended up slightly straying to just teleporting a thin cross-section of their neck away from their body, but that was all about efficient use of power, because power consumed is based on mass and distance and a thin slice of a neck has less mass, ergo less power draw. I suspect their only real objection is that they were upset they didn't think of it first, because they haven't yet come to understand the deeply insightful depths of my insightfully insightful insights.
Will provide you with an unheard-of quantitative value of nine hundred forty-seven dollars of entertainment value for each dollar spent, on the internationally lauded One True Entertainment Ratio Scale™.
In summary: If you buy one book in the next decade, it should be this one. Also, you should buy a bunch of additional books because you don't want to be "that guy" who only buys one book a decade.
July 25, 2026
The Last Rift Dragon sets up a world you want to know more about, it gives teases, knowing we will get more. Extremely likable MC, not OP at all but smart with a progression story you do not want to put down. Each chapter builds more story and then the reveal. So worth it!
I forget every time that Shami has layers and layers of plot ready to unfold for us, and my goodness, she is a master scene creator who builds art layer by layer. I can't wait to go back to Read & Listen again. Her story with Luke Daniels' narrative was epic, next level.
Fastest book I listened to in a very long time, and I still want more. Nicely done, Shami Stovall; you delivered another masterpiece, and icing on top, Luke Daniels! I can't wait for DRAGON FOG!
I forget every time that Shami has layers and layers of plot ready to unfold for us, and my goodness, she is a master scene creator who builds art layer by layer. I can't wait to go back to Read & Listen again. Her story with Luke Daniels' narrative was epic, next level.
Fastest book I listened to in a very long time, and I still want more. Nicely done, Shami Stovall; you delivered another masterpiece, and icing on top, Luke Daniels! I can't wait for DRAGON FOG!
July 24, 2026
With dragons, magic, found family, thrilling adventure, and a whole lot of heart, this is the kind of fantasy that reminds you why you fell in love with the genre in the first place.
Whether you're a longtime fantasy fan or just looking for your next great read, this book is an absolute must!
Also, Luke Daniels elevates it to the next level with his phenomenal voice acting if you are in to audio books!!! This is one of those audiobooks that makes long drives and chores something to look forward to!
Whether you're a longtime fantasy fan or just looking for your next great read, this book is an absolute must!
Also, Luke Daniels elevates it to the next level with his phenomenal voice acting if you are in to audio books!!! This is one of those audiobooks that makes long drives and chores something to look forward to!
July 25, 2026
This is a fabulous and fast paced adventure with plenty of action, magic, unexpected twists and turns, fantastic world building and lots of heart. It is an utterly enjoyable ride from the first page to the last with lots of surprises to keep you guessing. The content is suitable for anyone from a young adult upward, the writing is highly engaging, and the story deply satisfying while also leaving you wanting more.
I received an ARC and voluntarily leave an honest review.
I received an ARC and voluntarily leave an honest review.
July 30, 2026
Another amazing world by a talented author. Nice to have a slightly different take on the dragon bonded genre. Sadly does lose one star for having a bit of a drag on plot in spots that felt like it should have been a little more polished, and suffers from the "rushed ending" where where it was like "oh right we need to end this".
even with that said, can't wait for the next book in the set already.
even with that said, can't wait for the next book in the set already.
July 30, 2026
how does she do this?
I don’t know how Shami does it, but another new amazing series that has a single flaw. There aren’t 18 more books to read. What a great start to an amazing world.
I don’t know how Shami does it, but another new amazing series that has a single flaw. There aren’t 18 more books to read. What a great start to an amazing world.
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