Wolfgang is exasperated by the new soldier who always seems to be one step away from disaster-or showing him up in embarrassing ways.įrom rivals to reluctant friends, Mulan and Wolfgang begin to share secrets. If she can’t prove herself on the battlefield, she could face death-or, perhaps worse, marriage to the village butcher.ĭisguised as a young man, Mulan meets the German duke’s son, Wolfgang, who is determined to save his people even if it means fighting against his own brother. As the adopted daughter of poor parents, Mulan has little power in the world. When Mulan takes her father’s place in battle against the besieging Teutonic Knights, she realizes she has been preparing for this journey her whole life-and that her life, and her mother’s, depends on her success. Can she manage to stay alive, save her mother, and keep the handsome son of a duke from discovering her secret? The Warrior Maiden is a reimagining of the classic Mulan tale in medieval Europe. This fresh reimagining of the classic tale takes us fifteenth-century Lithuania where both love and war challenge the strongest of heroes.She is expected to marry, cook, and have children-and instead she’s sneaking off to war. Can she be the son her bitter father never had? Or will she become the strong young woman she was created to be?

When Mulan receives word of danger back home, she must make the ultimate choice. From rivals to reluctant friends, Mulan and Wolfgang begin to share secrets.īut war is an uncertain time and dreams can die as quickly as they are born. Wolfgang is exasperated by the new soldier who seems to be one step away from disaster at all times-or showing him up in embarrassing ways. If she can't prove herself on the battlefield, she could face death-or, perhaps worse, marriage to the village butcher.ĭisguised as a young man, Mulan meets the German duke's son, Wolfgang, who is determined to save his people even if it means fighting against his own brother. When Mulan takes her father's place in battle against the besieging Teutonic Knights, she realizes she has been preparing for this journey her whole life-and that her life, and her mother's, depends on her success.

Can she manage to stay alive, save her mother, and keep the handsome son of a duke from discovering her secret? She knows women are expected to marry, cook, and have children, not go to war.

The Warrior Maiden by Melanie Dickerson