bFrom the critically acclaimed and bestselling author of iSeraphinai comes a tour de force and an exquisite feminist fantasyb. pbAstonishing and perfect. --iNPRib pIn the medieval kingdom of Goredd, women are expected to be ladies, men are their protectors, and dragons can be whomever they choose. Tess is. . . different. She speaks out of turn, has wild ideas, and can't seem to keep out of trouble. Then Tess goes too far. So Tess's family decide the only path for her is a nunnery. pBut on the day she is to join the nuns, Tess chooses a different path for herself. She cuts her hair, pulls on her boots, and sets out on a journey. She's not running iaway, i she's running itowardsi something. What that something is, she doesn't know. Tess just sees the open road as a map to somewhere else--a life where she might belong. pReturning to the spellbinding world of the Southlands she created in the award-winning, iNew York Timesi bestselling novel iSeraphina, i Rachel Hartman explores self-relia