description: "She rides like a man, goes unveiled as a man, fights as a man. Let her prove herself worthy as a man." Newly knighted, Alanna of Trebond seeks adventure in the vast desert of Tortall. Captured by fierce desert dwellers, she is forced to prove herself in a duel to the death -- either she will be killed or she will be inducted into the tribe. Although she triumphs, dire challenges lie ahead. As her mythic fate would have it, Alanna soon becomes the tribe's first female shaman -- despite the desert dwellers' grave fear of the foreign woman warrior. Alanna must fight to change the ancient tribal customs of the desert tribes -- for their sake and for the sake of all Tortall.
language: English
title: The Woman Who Rides Like a Man
titlecomplete: The Woman Who Rides Like a Man (Song of the Lioness, #3)
characters: Halef Seif, Alanna of Trebond, Ishak, Myles of Olau, Coram Smythesson, George Cooper, Ali Mukhtab, Jonathan of Conte
genres: Adventure, Fantasy, High Fantasy, Childrens, Young Adult Fantasy, Teen, Young Adult, Romance, Fiction, Magic
ratings_count: 78873
places: Tortall
series: Tortall, Song of the Lioness, Tortall (Chronological Order)
awards: awardedAt: 1357027200000
name: Margaret A. Edwards Award
publisher: Peter Smith Pub Inc