Classic feminist fantasies

[bibliogramma]

Daughter of the Bright Moon, Lynn Abbey

I have long had fond memories of Abbey's two books about Rifkind, priestess and warrior, sole survivor of her tribe, a wanderer in strange lands. And now that Abbey has written a third book about Rifkind's adventures (Rifkind's Challenge,, it only seemed right to hunt down copies of the original books and re-read them before picking up the new one.

Re-reading this was a pleasure, and it brought back those pre-Xena, pre-kickass urban fantasy chick days when it wasn't all that easy to find a good story about a strong woman who takes on the worst evil you can find and survives. Plus, it's a good story, with some nice characterisation and some real humour in and among the swords and the magic.