The Mortal Blade - Christopher Mitchell

\nA city ruled by Gods, a mortal champion, a misfit girl and a disobedient dragon...\n \n \n\n \nStolen from his home, Corthie Holdfast has arrived in the City of the Eternal Siege as a new Champion.\n \n \n\n \nHe must fight alongside the Blades, whose lives are dedicated to the defence of the City against the hordes of monstrous Greenhides; or die at the hands of the Gods who rule.\n \n \n\n \nMaddie Jackdaw, a young Blade, faces her last chance. Thrown out of every unit defending the City, either she takes on a new role, or she will be sent to the Rats, a company of misfits given the perilous tasks beyond the Great Walls.\n \n \n\n \nHer new role, if she takes it, will bring her face to face with her deepest fears, for beneath the walls, in a secret and hidden lair, lies a dragon, imprisoned and waiting...\n