Miss Ardhuin Andrews has a secret.
Several secrets, in fact. She is not, as her traveling family believes, safely ensconced in the Metan Seminary for Young Ladies. She is also not properly chaperoned in her late great-uncle Oron’s chateau in the Bretagne countryside, but alone - and having a lovely time unencumbered by strict propriety and the dreaded dancing lessons.
Oh yes, and Miss Andrews is a magician, the most dangerous secret of all. In the world of Aerope women are believed to be incapable of magic, and all magicians must be certified and licensed by law.
Then her quiet idyll is shattered by a sudden massive magical attack - and a mysterious stranger arrives who is impervious to all her spells of illusion and misdirection. Is this the danger Oron warned her of, in his cryptic final words? Is this Dominic Kermarec a mere penniless, out-of-work tutor as he claims, or a spy?
Then she learns Oron bequeathed her more than his chateau - and she must travel to the ends of Aerope to stop a magical plot amid political intrigue, betrayal, and echoes of an old war that has not truly ended...
The Last Mage Guardian is set in a world where magic and science coexist, with a steampunk flavor.
