Anna is a 12 year old girl growing up in a Saxon village in 7th century Mercia Her life changes when she finds a golden horn in the ruins of a Roman Villa Soon an ugly dwarf a beautiful sorceress and even her own people are after herWhat powers does the horn have and why does everyone want itAnd why is Anna the only one who can get a note out of itAbout Shield MaidenShield Maiden is the first book in The Nine Worlds series in which the historical world of AngloSaxon England meets the mysterious world of myths and legends gods and monsters our ancestors believed inThis is the world as it might have been had those stories been true