Dido Twite, heroine of Black Hearts in Battersea and Nightbirds on Nantucket, is on her wildest adventure yet. On her way back to London aboard the Thrush, Dido and crew are summoned to the aid of the tyrannical queen of New Cumbria. Dido faces fire, flood, wild beasts and, ultimately, threat of execution in order to get the lake back. sakriti opis