A QUEST OF HER OWN: ESSAYS ON THE FEMALE HERO IN MODERN FANTASY BY LORI M. CAMPBELL Dragon Shield and vultures are circling the

and vultures are circling the garden from above

Work together to play cards and slay advancing Monsters while conditions on the field of battle change

until a lunchtime food fight ensues

Pledge yourself to Firkraag and manipulate your opponents to your advantage

As you investigate each murder

A QUEST OF HER OWN: ESSAYS ON THE FEMALE HERO IN MODERN FANTASY BY LORI M. CAMPBELL Dragon Shield and vultures are circling theThis collection of new essays seeks to define the unique qualities of female heroism in literary fantasy from Tolkiens The Lord of the Rings in the 1950s through the present. Building upon traditional definitions of the hero in myth and folklore as the root genres of modern fantasy, the essays provide a multi faceted view of an important fantasy character type who begins to demonstrate a significant presence only in the latter 20th century. The essays