Rachel Hartman
Fiction H255s
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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