{"id":10952,"date":"2018-07-15T09:40:35","date_gmt":"2018-07-15T13:40:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=10952"},"modified":"2026-02-11T20:59:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T01:59:13","slug":"in-the-labyrinth-of-drakes-a-memoir-by-lady-trent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/10952","title":{"rendered":"In the Labyrinth of Drakes: A Memoir by Lady Trent"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the Labyrinth of Drakes: A Memoir by Lady Trent<\/em><\/a> (2016) Marie Brennan<\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>The 4th book in Lady Trent’s memoirs finds her traveling with Will to Akhia to attempt to start a dragon breeding program.<\/p>\n

(I suppose I should offer fair warning. Because this volume of my memoirs concerns itself with my research in Akhia, it will of necessity say more than a little about the mating habits of dragons and other creatures. Those whose sensibilities are too delicate to endure such frankness might well be advised to have a more stout-hearted friend read them a carefully expurgated version. Though I fear that edition might be rather short.)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

As with the previous book, there is plenty of science and natural history.<\/p>\n

It was not so dauntingly many as it might have been. After all, in the progress of any given egg, there is a long stretch of time wherein nothing much happens. I could skim quickly past Lord Tavenor\u2019s meticulous daily notations of \u201cno change\u201d or weekly measurements, pausing only for the entries of greater substance.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And finally, she finds love again, in her second marriage.<\/p>\n

Andrew let me squirm for a long moment. Then he said, \u201cI should have guessed, when you asked me to carry that love note to him.\u201d <\/p>\n

My outraged squawk startled lizards back into the rocks. \u201cIt was not a love note!\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cFrom you? \u2018A piece of research material\u2019 is as good as a lock of your hair, tied up in a scented ribbon.\u201d He laughed.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This is such a lovely series.<\/p>\n

It doesn’t hesitate to look sharply at the struggles of being a woman in the sciences.<\/p>\n

\u201cAh, yes,\u201d I said ironically. \u201cI have made myself exceptional. It is a wonderful game, is it not? Because I am exceptional, anything I achieve does not reflect on my sex, for of course I am not like them. Strange, though, how that division seems to vanish when we are speaking instead of my shortcomings. Then I am a woman, like any other.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And general geekitude.<\/p>\n

It is inevitable, I suppose, that one cannot unpack a box of books efficiently, at least not when the books belong to someone else; I was immediately diverted by looking through them.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Lovely!<\/p>\n

Publisher: Tor Books
\nRating: 8.5\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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