Early on in The Tropic of Serpents, she muses that “little Jacob made less sense to me than a dragon”, and as the opening chapters of the novel progress, it becomes clear that Isabella sees herself as a scientist first and a mother second.Ĭase in point: when a new opportunity to see live dragons presents itself, she does everything she can to make the mission a reality. One major change to Isabella’s life is that she now has a young son, Jacob, but it soon becomes clear that she isn’t exactly filled with maternal instincts. A direct continuation of the first novel, this sequel describes the fall-out from Isabella’s first adventure in the mountains of Vystrana, as well as her next adventure on the continent of Eriga. Tor recently released The Tropic of Serpents, which is the second part of Lady Trent’s memoirs. (My full review of A Natural History of Dragons can be be found here.) Last year’s A Natural History of Dragons by Marie Brennan was a pleasant surprise for me: the first volume of the fictional memoirs of Isabella, Lady Trent, who some thought to be a mere “ink-nosed girl” at the time of writing but who grew into a formidable presence and the world’s preeminent authority on dragons.
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