From Tamora Pierce, the final book in the Song of the Lioness Quartet,
honored with the Margaret A. Edwards Award.
Having achieved her dream of becoming the first female knight errant,
Alanna of Trebond is not sure what to do next. She has triumphed in
countless bloody battles, and her adventures are already legendary.
Perhaps being a knight errant is not all that Alanna needs...but Alanna
must push her uncertainty aside when she is challenged with the
impossible. She must recover the Dominion Jewel, a legendary gem with
enormous power for good--but only in the right hands. And she must work
fast. Tortall is in terrible danger from all directions, with enemies
great and small plotting to destroy everyone and everything Alanna
loves.