A Memoir by Lady Trent

Tells a true story of a pioneering spirit who risked her reputation, prospects, and her life to satisfy scientific curiosity. This title also shows how she sought true love despite her lamentable eccentricities; and of her expedition to the mountains of Vystrana, where she made discoveries that would change the world.

Marie Brennan is the author of nine novels, including the Doppelganger and Onyx Court series. Her novel With Fate Conspire won Kirkus Review Best Fiction of the Year. She won two Isaac Asimov Award for Undergraduate Excellence in Science Fiction and Fantasy Writing Grand Prizes in 2003, and has received honourable mentions for Year's Best Science Fiction and Year's Best Fantasy and Horror.