Alexia, Lady Maccon, is pregnant, and London is scandalized, since as far as science is aware, a werewolf is incapable of fathering a child. Furious at the fact that Lord Maccon doubts her fidelity and suddenly finding herself a target for assassination due to her inexplicable condition, Alexia travels to Italy, looking for vindication and answers from the Templars, who have conducted exhaustive studies into both the supernatural and the preternatural. Has she jumped from the frying pan into the fire, however? The Parasol Protectorate series continues with all the wit and panache of the first two books.
