Brennan, Marie

"This concluding volume will final reveal the truth behind [Isabella, Lady Trent of Scirland] most notorious adventure-- braving the highest mountains in the world, buried behind the territory of Scirland's enemies-- and what she discovered there, within the Sanctuary of Wings"--Jacket flap.

Even those who take no interest in the field of dragon naturalism have heard of Lady Trent's expedition to the inhospitable deserts of Akhia. A continuation of her memoirs, this volume relates how she acquired her position with the Scirling Army and how she achieved entry into the Labyrinth of Drakes, where the chance action of a dragon set the stage for her greatest achievement yet.

Iconoclastic scientist Isabella, Lady Trent of Scirland, embarks on a two-year global voyage, hoping to determine the relationships among the endless varieties of dragon.

Lady Trent, the world's premier dragon naturalist, looks back at the next stage of her illustrious (and occasionally scandalous) career. Three years after her fateful journeys through the forbidding mountains of Vystrana, in which she lost her husband, the widowed Mrs. Camherst defies family and convention to embark on an expedition to the savage, war-torn continent of Eriga, home of such exotic draconian species as the grass-dwelling snakes of the savannah, arboreal tree snakes, and, most elusive of all, the legendary swamp-wyrms of the tropics. Isabella must brave oppressive heat, merciless fevers, palace intrigues, gossip, and other hazards in order to satisfy her boundless fascination with all things draconian.

Michael Deven, working for spymaster Francis Walsingham thirty years into the reign of Queen Elizabeth, falls in love with Anne Montrose, a lady who serves at Hampton Court Palace, not realizing she is really Lady Lune, an unwilling servant to Invidiana, the faerie queen who rules the dark and unseen world of Onyx Court with the complete knowledge and cooperation of the Tudor monarch.

From Scirland to the farthest reaches of Eriga, Isabella, Lady Trent, is known as the world's preeminent dragon naturalist. She brought the study of dragons out of the misty shadows of myth and into the clear light of modern science.

Mirei is a witch with extraordinary magic that makes her the most powerful witch alive. When the different factions of witches go to war, Mirei fears that the magic she possesses may be harming her.

Mirage is a bounty hunger who always wins due to her superior fighting skills. Her new mission will take her into the witches area where her strength may be no match for their powers.