Book description
Lizbreath Salamander is young and beautiful. Her scales have an
iridescent sheen, her wings arch proudly, her breath has a tang of
sulfur. And on her back a tattoo of a mythical creature: a girl.
But when Lizbreath is drawn into a dark conspiracy she will have to rely
on more than her beauty and her vicious claws the size of sabres . . .
A dragon has disappeared, one of a secretive clan. As Lizbreath delves
deeper into their history she realises that these dragons will do
anything to defend their secrets.
Welcome to the world of The Dragon With The Girl Tattoo. A world of
gloomy Nordic dragons leading lives uncannily like our own (despite
their size, despite the need for extensive fireproofing of home
furnishings), a world of money hoarded, a world of darkness and
corruption. A world where people are the fantasy. Adam Roberts is a
writer of science fiction novels and stories, as well as Professor of
Nineteenth-century Literature in English at Royal Holloway, University
of London. Three of his novels, "Salt", "Gradisil"
and "Yellow Blue Tibia" were nominated for the Arthur C.
Clarke Award; and his most recent novel "By Light Alone" has
been shortlisted for the 2012 BSFA Award. He has published over a dozen
novels, a number of academic works on both 19th century poetry and SF,
stories, parodies, bits, pieces, this and that.
