Böcker av Marie Brennan

In this, the fourth volume of her memoirs, Lady Trent relates how she acquired her position with the Royal Scirling Army; how foreign saboteurs imperiled both her work and her well-being: and how her determined pursuit of knowledge took her into the deepest reaches of the Labyrinth of Drakes.

It is 1759, and scientists are mapping the laws of the natural world, disproving ancient superstition. The fee of the Onyx Court fear that magic is losing its place in the world-and science threatens to expose the court to hostile eyes. Yet they and the mortais above may have to harness both magic and science to defeat a common foe.

Three years after her fateful journeys through Vystrana, the widowed Mrs Camherst defies convention to embark on an expedition to the savage, war-torn continent of Eriga. Accompanied by an old associate and a runaway heiress, Isabella must brave heat, fevers and palace intrigues to satisfy her boundless fascination with all things draconian.

In hidden catacombs beneath London, below the royal court of Elizabeth I, a second queen holds power. lnvidiana, the dark ruler of faerie England. Fae and mortal politics have become entwined, in alliances and betrayals. When the faerie Lune is sent to manipulate Elizabeth's spymaster, her path crosses that of a mortal agent, Michael Deven.

Three years after her fateful journeys through Vystrana, the widowed Mrs Camherst defies convention to embark on an expedition to the savage, war-torn continent of Eriga, home of the legendary swamp-wyrms of the tropics. Accompanied by an old associate and a runaway heiress, Isabella must satisfy her fascination with all things draconian.