The Song of the Lioness
1、Alanna: The First Adventure (1983)
2、In the Hand of the Goddess (1984)
3、The Woman Who Rides Like a Man (1986)
4、Lioness Rampant (1988)
适读年龄：12 up
The omnibus edition of this quartet is Song of the Lioness (without 'The'), published in 2002 by Science Fiction Book Club (SFBC).
Alanna of Trebond (later Alanna of Pirate's Swoop and Olau) is a ground-breaking female knight. Although noble-born girls traditionally go to the convent to learn how to be proper noblewomen and wives, Alanna desires to become a knight, a position only given to noble-born boys (although, as seen in the Beka Cooper books, there had historically been other female knights and warrior-maidens ). In order to achieve her dream, Alanna disguises herself as a boy under the name of Alan and goes to the palace in place of her twin brother Thom. As Thom has no interest in becoming a knight, and is far more interested in his magic, Thom forges a letter so that he can go to a temple to become an enormously strong and skilled sorcerer. The twins' father is concerned only with his studies, and pays them little attention, which helps their masquerade. He is also very strongly against all various types of magic, as he believed that it should have saved his dearly beloved wife when she died in childbirth, so he is opposed to the idea of Thom becoming a sorcerer.
Alanna has quite a few strong romantic relationships throughout the series, including Prince Jonathan, George Cooper, and Liam Ironarm, the Shang (a martial arts society) Dragon. The series follows Alanna's training and the early years of her full knighthood, a time-span of ten years.
The Song of The Lioness was originally written as one single book for adults, but her literary agent suggested that she rewrite it into four books aimed at a young adult audience.[6] Pierce literally cut up the manuscript[6] and used the pieces to form four new books for teenagers. She has received numerous requests to publish the original manuscript, but claims it no longer exists, and wouldn't be worth publishing anyway.
