A QUEST OF HER OWN: ESSAYS ON THE FEMALE HERO IN MODERN FANTASY BY LORI M. CAMPBELL Dragon Shield Pledge yourself to Firkraag and

Pledge yourself to Firkraag and manipulate your opponents to your advantage

What could possibly go wrong with that

Stay Puft presents the greatest challenge for the Ghostbusters yet

As you investigate each murder

until a lunchtime food fight ensues

A QUEST OF HER OWN: ESSAYS ON THE FEMALE HERO IN MODERN FANTASY BY LORI M. CAMPBELL Dragon Shield Pledge yourself to Firkraag andThis 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