New York Times bestselling author Robin McKinley's vivid retelling of
the classic story of Robin Hood breathes contemporary life into these
beloved adventures-with Marian taking a pivotal role as one of Robin's
best archers.
Robin is an apprentice forester in the woods of Nottingham. The arrows
he makes and sells earn barely enough extra coin to retain the title to
his father's small lands. The sheriff of Nottingham's jealousy toward
Robin's father is just as fierce towards his son, and the sheriff's men
take every opportunity to harass the young woodsman. But when Robin
defends himself by accidentally killing one of the sheriff's men, he
flees to Sherwood Forest, knowing that he has not only lost his father's
land and good name forever, but that he will live the rest of his days
as a hunted man.
But his friends Much, the miller's son, and Lady Marian, Saxon daughter
of the half-Norman lord who despises his Saxon blood, believe the
disaster that has befallen Robin is also an opportunity: An opportunity
for a few stubborn Saxons, cast out or outlawed in ways equally unjust,
to gather together in secret under Robin's leadership and strike back
against the arrogance and brutality of the Norman overlords.