In the Hand of the Goddess (The Song of the Lioness)

The second book in the Song of the Lioness cycle. In this book Alanna finds herself and explores her world a little more. She is allowed out into the city, and once on one of these excursions she meets George Cooper. George is a gentleman-thief/spy, sort of a cross between Robin Hood and James Bond. He steals to support his ailing mother, and runs a spy operation on the side. Alanna gives...more

The second book in the Song of the Lioness cycle. In this book Alanna finds herself and explores her world a little more. She is allowed out into the city, and once on one of these excursions she meets George Cooper. George is a gentleman-thief/spy, sort of a cross between Robin Hood and James Bond. He steals to support his ailing mother, and runs a spy operation on the side. Alanna gives him money for his mother, and in return he protects her from people who would like to take advantage of her. He is the first to know the secret of her femininity. At the end of the book she brings Prince Jonathan in disguise to meet George, this fosters a close relationship between the thief and the future King. This is of course of great importance to the rest of the stories. Also during this story Alanna meets a new companion a cat named Faithful. Faithful turns out to be an extraordinarily smart cat, who saves Alanna's (not to mention Raoul and Jonathan's) skin on several occasions. Also in this book there are hints that the relationship between the Prince and Alanna is more than just friendship, although the Prince is still unaware of her secret. A well written book that will keep the reader guessing.   hide

Read it eight times. In a row.

I love all of the books by this author. They're wonderful

this is the only book of tp i own and it was wonderful. i got it for my birthday because it was the only one of the song of the lioness series i havent read. i loved it. and i read it at least 3 times.