Dark Reflections The Water Mirror; The Stone Light; The Glass Word

Merle is fourteen, quick-tempered and loyal, and she lives in an enchanted Venice that has been besieged by Egypt for more than thirty years. Her friends Junipa and Serafin live there with her. The city's only defence is the Flowing Queen.

Then the Queen's existence comes under threat, and Merle is drawn into the fight for Venice's survival. What begins as a danger to one protector grows into a struggle over whether the city can last at all.

This volume collects the whole Dark Reflections trilogy in a single book: The Water Mirror, The Stone Light and The Glass World. It is a young adult fantasy that builds its alternate Venice from history and mythology, and the three parts follow one continuous conflict.

The pace is fast, with the siege and the danger to the Queen driving events from the start. The final battle is not the one Merle and her friends expect, and it demands a high price from them.