In this hefty fantasy novel, Queen Sabran of Inys is the latest Berethnet woman in a 1,000-year line. She must give birth to a daughter to continue not only her matriarchal line, but also to keep the the fire-breathing wyrms at bay...or so say the religious prophecies of the land. Ead Duryan is one of Sabran's ladies in waiting, but she's also a powerful sorceress who was sent from the titular priory to protect Sabran and must hide that or risk persecution and death. Meanwhile, on the other side of the ocean, Tane has been training her whole life to become a dragonrider, the most esteemed warriors of her insular homeland. But when she breaks the land's largest taboo by letting in an outsider, her life's goals are suddenly imperiled — and her fate is unfortunately entwined with that of alchemist/con Niclays Roos, who was exiled from Inys years earlier for offending Sabran.
Phew! That's a lot to sum up in one paragraph, and it doesn't even scratch the surface of the intricacies of the plot and backstories. We've been discussing it for two months already, and I'm anxious to hear what the adult summer readers think of the ending when we discuss it on Monday.
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