Children's Fiction

In the Hand of the Goddess

by Tamora Pierce · Song of the Lioness series

Alanna's secret holds, but barely. The second book in the quartet deepens the stakes—war, gods, and the impossible cost of being two people at once.

Song of the Lioness in reading order

• 1. Alanna: The First Adventure — Tamora Pierce
• 2. In the Hand of the Goddess — Tamora Pierce
• 3. The Woman Who Rides Like a Man — Tamora Pierce
• 4. Lioness Rampant — Tamora Pierce

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