Certainly a slightly odd book as a woman with no name (not a gunfighter though) wakes up and sets out.

A warrior, she also becomes other things ranging all the way from goddess back down to domestic.

She is also rather superhuman, which helps her survive a lot of the trouble she gets into. Also why there is interest in her, too.

A strange affect this book, a sort of non-introspective first person, and pretty much completely humourless.

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This is Lee's first book, and reading Marion Zimmer Bradley's introduction, I got to share in the excitement of discovering a wonderful new author through a wonderful story. A nameless woman awakes deep in a volcano, is told that she's evil and cursed, and runs as the volcano erupts. She's followed by death, sometimes meting it out herself, as she struggles to find the Jade that will explain everything, wandering the world. The world feels like a post apocalyptic one, with ruins of the Lost dotting the landscape, but magic is lurking under the surface. She works as a healer, is taken for a godess, becomes a warrior, lives and loves and searches. The language is perfect, the world vividly drawn, and my only quibble is that she seems to be a bit passive at times, plus there's a few incidents of rape that were disturbing, though her reactions are explained away. There's a bit of the Mary Sue about the woman, as she's great at whatever she tries, and heals overnight from any injuries, up to death. But the mystery kept me engaged and guessing until the end. ( )