Lady Knight — Tamora Pierce

"You know the enemy. When he comes, we will fight, not for some glorious cause, but to survive..."
-- Keladry of Mindelan, Lady Knight

Keladry of Mindelan has finally achieved her lifelong dream of being a knight -- though it's not turning out as she imagined at all. With the land of Tortall at war with the Scanrans, she has been assigned to oversee a refugee camp. But Kel has also had a vision in the Chamber -- a vision of the man behind the horrific battle machines that her fellow knights and friends are fighting without her. She is torn between a duty she has sworn to uphold and a quest that she feels could turn the tide of war. . . .