Song of the Lioness · Book 2
In the Hand of the Goddess
- Published
- 1 January 1984
- Pages
- 241
- ISBN-13
- 9781442427648
- Type
- novel
About this book
In the Hand of the Goddess (1984) matches the opener's 241 pages exactly, continuing Alanna's disguised training as a royal page a year later, her secret still concealed even from Prince Jonathan as Tamora Pierce builds out the internal cost of hiding who she is.
Its place in Song of the Lioness
In the Hand of the Goddess is book 2 in the Song of the Lioness series. It follows Alanna: The First Adventure. It is followed by The Woman Who Rides Like a Man. See the full Song of the Lioness reading order.
Song of the Lioness begins when ten-year-old Alanna of Trebond swaps places with her twin brother Thom, who wants to study sorcery at a temple instead of training for knighthood, and disguises herself as a boy -- 'Alan' -- to take his place as a royal page in Tortall's capital. Across four books she grows from an undersized, furious child determined to prove herself against boys twice her size into the kingdom's first female knight in centuries, her secret concealed for years even from Prince Jonathan, her fellow…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781442427648