num_pages: 390
description: After killing the men who tried to steal her fathers research Julietalong with Montgomery Lucy Balthazar and a deathly ill Edwardhas escaped to a remote estate on the Scottish moors. Owned by the enigmatic Elizabeth von Stein the mansion is full of mysteries and unexplained oddities: dead bodies in the basement secret passages and fortune-tellers who seem to know Juliets secrets. Though it appears to be a safe haven Juliet fears new dangers may be present within the manors own walls.Then Juliet uncovers the truth about the manors long history of scientific experimentationand her own intended role in itforcing her to determine where the line falls between right and wrong life and death magic and science and promises and secrets. And she must decide if shell follow her fathers dark footsteps or her mothers tragic ones or whether shell make her own.With inspiration from Mary Shelleys Frankenstein this breathless conclusion to the Madmans Daughter trilogy is about the things well sacrifice to save those we loveeven our own humanity.
language: English
title: A Cold Legacy
publisher: Balzer+Bray/HarperCollins