Tess has grown up believing she was “singularly and spectacularly flawed, subject to sins a normal girl should never have been prone to.” (We only learn the details gradually as the story progresses.). She harps on the sins of the flesh, and on Tess’s perceived sins in particular, all the more blatant since apparently Tess bore a child out of wedlock. She gives constant lectures on the evils of lust and desire, and on what the roles of women should be – i.e., very restricted. Husbands, love, life – everything and everyone will disappoint you eventually. “Girls, remember: this mortal, material world will let you down. Her mother remains bitter over it and has retreated into religious rigidity to cope. Her father had been disgraced after the exposure of his earlier liaison – marriage to a dragon in human form was illegal. We first learn about Tess as a small girl and what life is like with her parents. They have always lived up to (or down to) the descriptions given to the three of them: Seraphina: the smart one Jeanne: the pretty one and Tess: “The One Who’s Always Been Trouble.” Tess Dombegh and her fraternal twin Jeanne are step-sisters of Seraphina. Returning to the spellbinding world of the Southlands she created in the award-winning, New York Times bestselling novel Seraphina, Rachel Hartman explores self-reliance and redemption in this wholly original fantasy.Tess of the Road is the first installment of a new duology set in the world of Seraphina, the doughty half-dragon, half-human heroine of Hartman’s earlier duology. Tess just sees the open road as a map to somewhere else-a life where she might belong. What that something is, she doesn't know. She's not running away, she's running towards something.
She cuts her hair, pulls on her boots, and sets out on a journey. So Tess's family decide the only path for her is a nunnery.īut on the day she is to join the nuns, Tess chooses a different path for herself. She speaks out of turn, has wild ideas, and can't seem to keep out of trouble.
In the medieval kingdom of Goredd, women are expected to be ladies, men are their protectors, and dragons can be whomever they choose. From the critically acclaimed and bestselling author of Seraphina comes a tour de force and an exquisite feminist fantasy.
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