The Warrior's Path (When Women Were Warriors, #1) by Catherine M. Wilson

whilst she turned into a child, the writer of when ladies have been Warriors thankfully diagnosed with all the male heroes she examine approximately in stories that started out, "as soon as upon a time, a younger guy went out to are searching forhis fortune." but she might were extremely joyful to discover even one tale like that with a woman protagonist. seeing thatshe by no means did discover the tale she became looking for all those years in the past, she decided to write it.

In book I of the trilogy, Tamras arrives in Merin's residence to begin her apprenticeship as a warrior, but her small stature reasons many, consisting of Tamras herself, to doubt that she can ever emerge as a competent swordswoman. To make matters worse, the lady Merin assigns her the location of associate, little more than a non-public servant, to a lady who cameto Merin's residence, seemingly out of nowhere, the preceding wintry weather, and this stranger desires not anything to do with Tamras.