In her New York Times
bestselling and Morris Award-winning debut, Rachel Hartman introduces
mathematical dragons in an alternative-medieval world to fantasy and
science-fiction readers of all ages. Eragon-author Christopher Paolini
calls them, "Some of the most interesting dragons I've read in
fantasy." Four decades of peace have done little to ease the mistrust
between humans and dragons in the kingdom of Goredd. Folding themselves into
human shape, dragons attend court as ambassadors, and lend their rational,
mathematical minds to universities as scholars and teachers. As the treaty's
anniversary draws near, however, tensions are high. Seraphina Dombegh has
reason to fear both sides. An unusually gifted musician, she joins the court
just as a member of the royal family is murdered—in suspiciously draconian
fashion. Seraphina is drawn into the investigation, partnering with the captain
of the Queen's Guard, the dangerously perceptive Prince Lucian Kiggs. While
they begin to uncover hints of a sinister plot to destroy the peace, Seraphina
struggles to protect her own secret, the secret behind her musical gift, one so
terrible that its discovery could mean her very life.
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