Parenthood has never been so hard ...It's two years since Pontopa Wells escaped from the clutches of a power-hungry king and exiled to the Southlands: a continent infested with a noxious plant called secicao.Now, Pontopa must parent her old mentor's son, Taka, and she doesn't know how to handle the task. Particularly when she struggles to live up to Sukina's name and assume the role of a dragonseer - a leader of both men and dragons.When Taka goes missing, Pontopa must travel to a tropical continent, where she meets an indigenous people who can reveal to her who she truly is.Meanwhile, the mysterious Empress Finesia is on the rise, with the power to inhabit minds and a plan to use secicao to extinguish all mortal life on the planet.Dragonseers and Bloodlines is the second book in an exciting Steampunk Fantasy series, in which the world's fate will determine the fates of all.