In Book III of the trilogy, Tamras must make her own hero's journey. She ventures into the unknown and encounters a more formidable enemy than any she has ever faced. Character is destiny, and the destiny of Tamras and all her people will depend upon choices that come less from the skills she has been taught than from the person she has become, from her own heart.

A Hero's Tale skilfully weaves the questions of love, faith, and fairness into a dramatic story, not only of a relationship between the main characters, but of a quest so much bigger it takes the breath away. There is everything you could wish for here: power struggles, forces for good and evil, dramatic tests of faith, daring rescues, and fatal rivalry, all managed with such a deft hand that in the end it is all one beautiful story.

When Women Were Warriors manages to blend mythic storytelling with characters who feel so real you could imagine stepping into the pages and having a conversation with them. This is not just lesbian fiction, but a story about being human. It is not to be missed.