Cup of Clay

* First book in the Taliswoman trilogyMinnesota reporter Allison Carver finds herself in the Land of Veil, where beautiful streams run with poisonous water and glorious fields mask hideous decay. Here, women are treated with great homage — and great disdain; here, children are loved — except for those who are cast away.Alison's only guide to Veil is Rowan, a quarrelsome hero on a quest for the Cup of the Earth — a talisman that is won by song and song alone. But when Alison inadvertently plucks it from his grasp, her life, the lives of the Littlelost, and the life of the Land of Veil itself hang in the balance.