WOLF TOWER, Claidi Journals, Book I

In a triumph of teen fantasy that claims a place alongside titles by Robin McKinley and Tamora Pierce, master storyteller Tanith Lee gives us an unforgettable first-person, diary narrative that sweeps readers into an epic adventure while probing truths of adolescence.

Sixteen-year-old Claidi is an orphan, forced to serve as a handmaiden to cruel royal families in the oppressive House. Outspoken and ready for romance, she becomes embroiled in a plot to rescue a handsome, intriguing prisoner. She wins freedom for herself, too, but after journeying with him across the perilous Waste, Claidi discovers that her freedom is only a sham--and she must act boldly to destroy a conspiracy brewing across generations.

Claidi's charisma, her romantic turmoil, and the revelatory insights of her journal make Wolf Tower a novelistic coup that readers won't put down until Claidi confronts the dreadful Tower itself.