Synopsis: A Child No Longer

This collection of short stories is set in the Thorne's Quest world. In each story a young woman comes to understand that she is a child no longer, but a woman grown. The various cultures of Thorne's world have different understandings of what constitutes adulthood. For the Banon, adulthood comes late, at about age 25. For the peasant-class Appelians, 12 marks the moment when a young person leaves school and must, by law, take gainful employment. All 7 cultures - Vendani, Banon, Hinnani, Izschadian, Appelian, Mablingen and Valgonian - are portrayed. The stories are set during The Great War, about 100 years before the Dark One is finally defeated.