Maya Softpeace is a schoolteacher from the oceanside village of Gallen's Cove in the world of Morehama. Gallen's Cove is a peaceful village, except of course during winter gales. But one day, the peace is broken by a band of Amazon women, who round up the villagers. and "This village has broken our centuries-old agreement, and " the head Amazon explains. and "We keep you safe from the demons that would overrun this world, and for that, you must tithe to us so that we may be free to keep the demons at bay. and " And tithe, it turns out, includes fresh Amazon recruits. Maya finds herself the most unwilling of recruits taken away from Gallen's Cove, and soon finds herself bound to Malora, the Amazon queen, as her companion. Maya, a schoolmarm at heart, struggles with the Amazon life and finds herself failing for the first time in her life, failing to fit in to the new lifestyle expected of her. And then Maya meets her first demon. This is a fantasy novel of 142,000 words.