In The Blue Sword, Harry Crew(a girl!)is an orphan who is sent to live with an old couple on the border of Home. After three months she is kidnapped by the Hill king because of a vision. She learns the Hill ways and is made a King's Rider. The king, Corlath, goes to meet with diplomats from Home about joining him to fight the Northerners. They say no, and Harry warns him of a small pass through which Northerners could get through into Home. Because the Homelanders turned him down, Corlath ignores her. She and a few friends go tell the Homelanders abot the pass. The colonel is one of her friends from her three months on the border, and believes her. Now, with about a hundred fighters, they hold the pass for a day. The next morning, Harry goes to the top of one of the mountains. Her sword goes blue and the mountain falls down on the Northerners(yes, it sounds silly, but if you read the book it makes sense). Corlath forgives her for running away and they live happily ever after.
I thought the Blue Sword was very imaginative in most things. Calling Harry's homeland Home is not. I didn't like that Harry and Corlath married(happily ever after!), because it ruined a perfectly good storyline, but he is a king and has to have an heir, so I guess it made sense.
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