Fearless, bold, athletic, magical. Young Alanna of Trebond is all of these things, and more than anything else, she has always craved the adventure and daring allowed only to boys. So she and her twin brother, Thom, switch places: Thom heads for the convent to become a sorcerer, and Alanna--pretending to be a boy--is off to the castle of King Roald to begin her journey to knighthood.

Filled with swords and sorcery, exploits and intrigue, good and evil, Alanna's quest for knighthood launches the epic adventures of Tortall's heroes.

This paperbook boxed set of the beloved Song of the Lioness quartet includes original afterwords from Tamora Pierce for each book in the collection: Alanna, In the Hand of the Goddess, The Woman Who Rides Like a Man, and Lioness Rampant.