Spear

The poetic prose alone gives this book some stars! Spear is the tale of a cave dwelling girl's King Arthur-esque journey. It mixes the slow descriptive narrative scenes with fast paced action. It was a rather quick read, but still solid nonetheless. However, I feel there was something missing from the book that makes it the weaker of the Nebula finalists. I do wish her tale goes on more with other adventures though.