Turning Darkness Into Light

Hardcover, 416 pages

Published Aug. 20, 2019 by Tor Books.

ISBN:
978-0-7653-7761-6
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4 stars (1 review)

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A battle to reveal the truth about the dragon race that once ruled over humans.

4 stars

An excellent stand-alone follow-up to her "Lady Trent" series, this book involves the granddaughter of the original Lady Trent and largely depends on information revealed in the original series. As such, it is best to read this only after reading the original series first.

The book is written mainly as a series of entries from the private dairies of Isabella Camherst (Lady Trent's granddaughter), along with written entries from other supporting characters and occasional newspaper snippets. As such, the narrative is not one of following the characters as they make discoveries, but rather of one where they reflect on matters at the time of making the entries. Depending on your taste, this may or may not irritate the reader.

The book is mainly about the discovery of ancient tablets of the Draconean race (a race of intelligent dragons that inhabit the world) by a collector, and Isabella's initial attempts to …