TY - BOOK AB - Two young companions, Totho and Salma, arrive at Tark to spy on the menacing Wasp army, but are there mistakenly apprehended as enemy agents. By the time they are freed, the city is already under siege. Over in the imperial capital the young emperor, Alvdan, is becoming captivated by a remarkable slave, the vampiric Uctebri, who claims he knows of magic that can grant eternal life. In Collegium, meanwhile, Stenwold is still trying to persuade the city magnates to take seriously the Wasp Empire's imminent threat to their survival. AU - Tchaikovsky, Adrian, CN - PR6120.C53 CN - PR6120.C53 CY - Amherst, NY : DA - 2010. ID - 377411 KW - Sieges KW - Vampires KW - Imaginary wars and battles KW - Magic N2 - Two young companions, Totho and Salma, arrive at Tark to spy on the menacing Wasp army, but are there mistakenly apprehended as enemy agents. By the time they are freed, the city is already under siege. Over in the imperial capital the young emperor, Alvdan, is becoming captivated by a remarkable slave, the vampiric Uctebri, who claims he knows of magic that can grant eternal life. In Collegium, meanwhile, Stenwold is still trying to persuade the city magnates to take seriously the Wasp Empire's imminent threat to their survival. PB - Pyr, PP - Amherst, NY : PY - 2010. SN - 9781616141950 (pbk.) SN - 1616141956 (pbk.) T1 - Dragonfly falling / TI - Dragonfly falling / VL - bk. 2 ER -