Beyond the Plains

For sixteen years, Emily Stout has known a simple, yet harsh, life on the Great Plains-farming the land, avoiding thunderbirds and banshees, dealing with minotaurs and gnomes-but she dreams of more. She longs to wander the plains as a gunslinger, serve the angels as a knight, or anything else that could break her free of her trapped existence.Then, in a moment of desperation, Emily's mother reveals a secret, one that will change everything for her, give her the chance to explore her world, ...