sci-fi/detective series of short stories set in Atlantis which follow polymath and amateur sleuth Elisha Grey as chronicled by his associate Kiara Ptolmai, half-Atlantean daughter of a diplomat. Ninth in the series, it contains 3 short "The Mesmerist" where a person with hypnotic abilities influences Kiara Ptolmai, who is the architect renovating his property; "The Tainted Soil" where Kiara Ptolmai's son discovers that soil quality is killing vegetables in the garden and leads to him remembering his previous lifetime as a chemist; and "Constable Saukenuk Misses Her Lecture", where Elisha Grey is forced to investigate the murder of his former lover which has overtones of sexual abuse.
Published in fiction, non-fiction, and poetry, Isabeau Vollhardt has been writing since 1980. Her professional background includes copy editing, proofreading, typesetting, editing manuscripts for other authors; internal martial arts, Chinese Medicine, acupuncture, herbology, Reiki, and how to be a cat slave.