The woman who rides like a man
By: by Tamora Pierce.
Contributors: Copyright Paperback Collection (Library of Congress)
Edition: 1st Simon Pulse ed.
Series: Song of the Lioness #3
Publisher: Simon Pulse
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 284
Subjects: Alanna (Fictitious character : Pierce); Knights and knighthood -- Fiction; Sex role -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction.
Description: On her first tour as a knight errant, Alanna assumes a position of influence with a fierce desert tribe, makes some changes in the role of women in the society, and continues her own emotional development. "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. Alanna's journey continues.